Table 1: Scio-demographic characteristics of cases and controls preschool children in Dessie town, Ethiopia, 2019.
Variables |
Category |
Case n (%) n = 130 |
Control n (%) n = 260 |
n = 390 |
Age of children |
4 years |
46 (35.4) |
60 (23.1) |
106 (27.2) |
5 years |
31 (23.8) |
77 (29.6) |
108 (27.7) |
|
6 years |
43 (40.8) |
123 (47.3) |
178 (45.1) |
|
Sex |
Male |
71 (54.6) |
126 (48.5) |
197 (50.5) |
Female |
59 (45.4) |
134 (51.5) |
193 (49.5) |
|
Order of birth |
1st child |
64 (49.2) |
101 (38.8) |
165 (42.3) |
2nd child |
5 (3.8) |
47 (18.1) |
52 (13.3) |
|
3rd child |
26 (20.0) |
52 (20.0) |
78 (20.0) |
|
4th child |
35 (26.9) |
60 (23.1) |
95 (24.4) |
|
Grade |
KG-1 |
46 (35.4) |
58 (22.3) |
104 (26.7) |
KD-2 |
31 (23.8) |
83 (31.9) |
114 (29.2) |
|
KG-3 |
53 (40.8) |
119 (45.8) |
172 (44.1) |
|
Maternal education |
Primary |
45 (37.7) |
91 (35) |
140 (35.9) |
Secondary |
22 (16.9) |
135 (51.9) |
157 (40.3) |
|
College and above |
59 (45.5) |
34 (13.1) |
93 (23.8) |
|
Father education |
Primary |
41 (31.5) |
82 (35.5) |
123 (31.5) |
Secondary |
35 (26.9) |
89 (34.2) |
124 (31.8) |
|
College and above |
54 (41.5) |
89 (34.2) |
143 (36.7) |
|
Monthly income |
< 1000 |
12 (9.2) |
47 (18.1) |
59 (15.1) |
1000-1500 |
33 (25.4) |
80 (30.8) |
113 (29) |
|
1501-2500 |
23 (17.7) |
56 (21.5) |
79 (20.3) |
|
> 2500 |
62 (47.76) |
77 (29.6) |
139 (35.6) |
|
Maternal occupation |
Housewife |
47 (36.2) |
90 (34.6) |
137 (35.1) |
Government employ |
29 (22.3) |
59 (22.7) |
88 (22.6) |
|
Merchant |
31 (23.8) |
45 (17.3) |
76 (19.5) |
|
Private employ |
23 (17.7) |
66 (25.4) |
89 (22.8) |
|
Father occupation |
Government employ |
38 (29.2) |
96 (36.9) |
134 (34.4) |
Merchant |
22 (16.9) |
71 (27.3) |
93 (23.8) |
|
Private employ |
70 (53.8) |
93 (35.8) |
163 (41.8) |