High rate of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder among children 6 to 17 years old in Southwest Ethiopia findings from a community-based study

Table 1 Socio-demographic and family related characteristics of children in Jimma town, Southwest Ethiopia, September, 2021

	Variables	Frequency		Percent(%)
Sex	Male	282		56.0
Sex	Female	222		44.0
Age	6–11	231		45.8
Age	12–17	273		54.2
Level of education	Illiterate	12		2.4
	able to read and write	4		0.8
	primary school	248		49.2
	secondary school and above	240		47.6
Birth order	first child	276		54.8
Birth order	second child and above	228		45.2
living circumstance of parent’s	both are alive	422		83.7
	only mother alive	67		13.3
	only father alive	10		2.0
	both are died	5		1.0
With whom the child is living	with family	484		96.0
With whom the child is living	Relative	20		4.0
Father’s occupation	government employee	167		33.1
	Merchant	150		29.8
	Farmer	50		9.9
	daily laborer	76		15.1
	Others	61		12.1
mother’s occupation	house wife	243		48.2
	Merchant	79		15.7
	government employee	137		27.2
	daily laborer	45		8.9
mother’s educational status	unable to read and write	81		16.1
	primary school	142		28.2
	secondary school and above	281		55.8
Father’s educational status	unable to read and write	27		5.4
	primary school	156		31.0
	secondary school and above	321		63.7
family size	1–4	245		48.6
family size	greater than 4	259		51.4
Parent marital status	Married	406		80.6
	divorced/separated	31		6.2
	Widowed	67		13.3
family type	nuclear family	471		93.5
family type	extended family	33		6.5
Maternal age during pregnancy	17–24	156		31.0
Maternal age during pregnancy	25 and above	348		69.0
Family monthly income	Below poverty line	149	29.6
Family monthly income	Above poverty line	355		70.4

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