Caretakers’ understanding of malaria, use of insecticide treated net and care seeking-behavior for febrile illness of their children in Ethiopia

Table 1 Background characteristics of caretakers, Ethiopia

Background characteristics	Category	Frequency	%
Age	18–24	137	19.3
	25–34	344	48.5
	35–44	159	22.4
	45–54	44	6.2
	≥55	25	3.5
Sex	Male	102	14.4
Sex	Female	607	85.6
Residence	Rural	563	72.4
	Urban	111	14.3
	Semi-urban	104	13.4
Level of education	No formal education	468	66.0
	Primary school (1–8)	199	28.1
	Secondary school and above (9–12)	42	5.9
Religion of caretaker	Muslim	454	64.0
	Orthodox	187	26.4
	Protestant	62	8.7
	Others^a	6	0.8
Ethnicity	Oromo	601	84.8
	Amhara	49	6.9
	Gurage	20	2.8
	Others^b	39	5.5
Caretakers’ occupation	Farmer	494	69.7
	Private business job	53	7.5
	Housewife	43	6.1
	Jobless	37	5.2
	Merchant	28	3.9
	Daily laborer	22	3.1
	Others^c	32	4.5

^aWakefata (3), catholic (3); ^bWolayita (11), Somale (8), Argoba (7), Kefa (4), Hadiya (4), Kambata (3), Dawuro (1), Silte (1); ^cStudent (14), Government employ (9), Local alcohol makers (5), Small business (2), Commercial sex worker (1), Driver (1)

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