Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants, SNNPR, 2019
Variable | Category | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Gender of household head | Male | 1363 | 55.3 |
Female | 1103 | 44.7 | |
Age of household head |  ≤ 30 | 858 | 34.8 |
31–40 | 818 | 33.2 | |
 ≥ 41 | 790 | 32.0 | |
Marital status of household head | Married | 2209 | 89.6 |
Widowed | 198 | 8.0 | |
Divorced | 31 | 1.3 | |
Single | 28 | 1.1 | |
Family size | Less than five | 827 | 33.5 |
Five or more | 1639 | 66.5 | |
Under five children present | No | 1018 | 41.3 |
Yes | 1448 | 58.7 | |
Educational status of household head | Can't read/write | 1166 | 47.3 |
Read and write | 115 | 4.7 | |
Primary (1–8) | 773 | 31.3 | |
Secondary (9–12) | 272 | 11.0 | |
Certificate and above | 140 | 5.7 | |
Occupation of household head | Employed | 136 | 5.5 |
Student | 44 | 1.8 | |
Farmer | 1326 | 53.8 | |
Pastoralist | 185 | 7.5 | |
Merchant | 257 | 10.4 | |
Housewife | 418 | 17.0 | |
Others | 100 | 4.1 | |
Wealth index | Poorest | 493 | 20.0 |
Second | 493 | 20.0 | |
Middle | 496 | 20.1 | |
Forth | 490 | 19.9 | |
Richest | 494 | 20.0 | |
Overall house condition | Needs repair | 1033 | 41.9 |
Sound structure | 1433 | 58.1 | |
Malaria endemicity | High | 117 | 4.7 |
Moderate | 1899 | 77.0 | |
Low | 450 | 18.2 | |
Total | Â | 2466 | 100.0 |