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Table 1 Selected demographic and lifestyle characteristics of children and their mothers at 6.5 year follow-up visit, Butajira Birth Cohort, Ethiopia

From: Effect of early and current Helicobacter pylori infection on the risk of anaemia in 6.5-year-old Ethiopian children

Variables

Number

Percent

Sex

  

Male

434

51.2

Female

414

48.8

Place of residence

  

Urban

100

11.8

Rural

748

88.2

Ethnicity

  

Meskan

402

47.4

Mareko

111

13.1

Silti

200

23.6

Others

135

15.9

Religion

  

Orthodox Christian

121

14.3

Muslim

665

78.4

Catholic

10

1.2

Protestant

52

6.1

Maternal age Mean (SD)

27.1 (6.27)

 

Maternal age group

  

15-24

316

37.3

25-34

134

41.7

35-44

133

15.7

Maternal education

  

None

607

71.6

Informal only

83

9.8

Formal

158

18.6

Maternal occupation

  

Housewife

709

83.8

Farming and related

27

3.2

Trading and related

96

11.3

Other

14

1.7

History of vaccination at 2 months

  

Vaccinated

485

57.5

Not vaccinated

359

42.5

Birth weight (N = 529)

  

Normal

483

91.3

Low (<2.5 kg)

46

8.7

History of any vaccination at 1 year

  

Had some vaccination

823

97.6

Not vaccinated at all

20

2.4

Sanitary conditions

  

Poor

156

18.4

Good

692

81.6

Water source

  

River

179

21.2

Well

134

15.8

Pipe

520

61.5

Spring

13

1.5

Vitamin A supplementation at 12 months

  

Yes

99

11.7

No

747

88.3