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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the study participants in the intervention and control woredas of North and South Wollo Zones of the ANRS, Ethiopia, 2014 (n = 1358)

From: The burden of and risk factors for active trachoma in the North and South Wollo Zones of Amhara Region, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics

Intervention woredas (%)

Control woredas (%)

Total (%)

Primary guardian of child

 Mother

93.4

96.2

94.8

 Grandmother

6.6

3.8

5.2

Sex of HH head

 Male

33.5

38.4

35.9

 Female

66.5

61.6

64.1

Marital status of HH head

 Married

95.6

95.7

95.7

 Divorced

3.4

3.5

3.5

 Widowed

1

0.7

0.9

Religion of HH head

 Orthodox Christian

53.4

55

54.2

 Muslim

46.6

45

45.8

Age of HH head (years)

 18–29

54.7

47.2

51

 30–44

37.8

44.1

40.9

 45–59

5.9

7.9

6.9

 60 +

1.6

0.7

1.2

Education status of HH head

 Illiterate

64.6

44.6

54.6

 Literate

35.4

55.4

45.4

HH head’s primary occupation

 Farming and/or cattle rearing

95.4

93.8

94.6

 Employee

2.7

2.5

2.6

 Trade

1.5

3.1

2.3

 Daily laborer

0.4

0.6

0.5

Household size

 1–3

37.6

33.4

35.5

 4–6

50.1

61.3

55.7

  ≥ 7

12.2

5.3

8.8

Child’s age

 1–3

32.9

35

33.9

 4–6

41.4

43.2

42.3

 7–8

25.7

21.8

23.7

School grade of child

 0

77.7

71.5

74.6

  ≥ 1

22.3

28.5

25.4

Sex of child

 Male

46.2

47.4

46.8

 Female

53.8

52.6

53.2

  1. HH household