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Table 1 Socio-demographic and economic characteristics of pregnant and lactating women, Lay- Armachiho district, northwest Ethiopia, 2017

From: Clinical vitamin-A deficiency and associated factors among pregnant and lactating women in Northwest Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study

Variables

Category

Frequency

Percent(%)

Maternal status

Pregnant

381

51.3

Lactating

361

48.7

Maternal education

No formal education

477

64.3

Formal education

265

35.7

Husband education

No formal education

393

53.0

Formal education

349

47.0

Maternal occupation

House wife

703

94.7

Government employee

39

5.3

Husband occupation

Farmer

687

92.6

Government employee

55

7.4

Distance to source of water (minutes)

< 15

216

29.1

15–30

298

40.2

> 30

228

30.7

Diarrhea in the last 2 wks

Yes

711

95.8

No

31

4.2

Wash hands with soap/ash after toilet

Not

147

70.6

Sometimes

524

19.8

Always

71

9.6

Age of mothers in years

< 25

136

18.3

25–35

377

50.8

> 35

229

30.9

Household monthly income (USD)

< 22.7

129

17.4

22.7–45.5-

245

33.0

> 45.5

368

49.6

Age at first marriage in years

< 18

473

63.7

> 18

269

36.3

Treatment of water

Yes

552

74.4

No

190

25.6