Prevalence of dental caries and relation with nutritional status among school-age children in resource limited setting of southern Ethiopia

Table 1 Frequency distributions of socio-demographic characteristics of children at Areka town, Woliata zone 2020 (n = 761)

Variables		Frequency	Percentages (%)
Residence	Urban	723	95
Residence	Rural	38	5
Sex	Male	350	46
Sex	Female	411	54
Age (years)	6–8	331	43.5
	9–10	218	28.6
	11–12	212	27.9
School type	Governmental	512	67.3
School type	Private	249	32.7
Grade level of child	0–4	644	84.6
Grade level of child	5–8	117	15.4
Educational status of mother	No formal education	244	32.1
	Primary education	192	25.2
	Secondary education	212	27.9
	College and above	113	14.8
Educational status of father	No formal education	83	10.9
	Primary education	89	11.7
	Secondary education	281	36.9
	College and above	308	40.5
Occupation of the mother	Employee	108	14.2
	House wife	401	52.7
	Merchant	248	32.6
	Other	4	0.5
Occupation of the father	Government Employee	296	38.9
	Merchant	296	38.9
	Farmer	48	6.3
	Laborer	112	14.7
	Other	9	1.2
TV ownership	Yes	505	66.4
TV ownership	No	256	33.6
Time on TV screen per day (n = 505)	1–2 h	219	43.4
Time on TV screen per day (n = 505)	> 2 h	286	56.6

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