Prevalence and predictors of acute respiratory infection among children under-five years in Tigray regional state, northern Ethiopia: a cross sectional study

Table 3 Socio-economic, demographic, health and environmental characteristics of respondents/children in the Tigray Region State, 2016 (N = 986)

Variables	Categories	Frequency (N)	Percentage (%)
Child’s age (in month)	< 6	140	14.2
	6–11	83	8.42
	12–23	218	22.1
	24–60	545	55.3
Sex of child	Male	488	49.50
	Female	498	50.50
Residence	Urban	170	17.2
	Rural	816	82.8
Household size	≤ 5	293	29.7
	> 5	693	70.3
Sex of the household head	Male	826	83.8
	Female	160	16.2
Mother’s education	No formal education	622	63.1
	Primary and above	364	36.9
Wealth index	Poor	532	54
	Middle	180	18.3
	Rich	274	27.8
Vaccinated status	Not vaccinated	322	32.7
	Vaccinated	664	67.3
Mother’s age	15–24	254	25.8
	25–34	438	44.4
	35–49	294	29.8
Health insurance coverage	No	862	87.4
	Yes	124	12.6
Type of birth	Single	967	98.1
	Multiple	19	1.93
Diarrhea status	No	861	87.3
	Yes	125	12.7
Anemia status of child	No	976	99
	Yes	10	1.01
Mother’s smoking cigarette	No	976	99
	Yes	10	1.0
Electricity usage	No	708	71.8
	Yes	278	28.2
Religion	Orthodox	937	95
	Muslim	49	5
Media exposure	No	737	74.8
	Yes	249	25.3
Size of child at birth	Smaller	239	24.2
	Medium	547	55.5
	Larger	200	20.3

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