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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the parents of the under-five children, rural areas of Dire Dawa City Administration, 2018

From: Diarrheal morbidity and predisposing factors among children under 5 years of age in rural East Ethiopia

Variables Frequencies Percentages
Mothers’/guardians’ Ethnicity Oromo 926 80.8
Somali 220 19.2
Religion Muslim 1141 99.6
Orthodox Christian 4 0.3
Protestant 1 0.1
Educational status No formal education 789 68.8
Primary education 298 26.0
Secondary education 44 3.8
Above secondary education 15 1.3
Occupation Housewife 843 73.6
Farmer 261 22.8
Merchant 21 1.8
Day laborer 3 0.3
Government employee 18 1.6
Fathers’ Ethnicity Oromo 841 73.4
Somali 244 21.3
Religion Muslim 1084 94.6
Orthodox Christian 1 0.1
Educational status No formal education 576 50.3
Primary education 371 32.4
Secondary education 88 7.7
Above secondary education 50 4.4
Occupation Farmer 961 83.9
Merchant 20 1.7
Day laborer 16 1.4
Government employee 88 7.7
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Tropical Medicine and Health

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