Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of adolescents categorized by nutrition status (i.e. stunted and thin), northern Ethiopia, 2014

Sex

Boys

154 (44.3)

58 (37.7)

0.001

50 (32.5)

0.017

Girls

194 (55.7)

41 (21.1)

41 (21.1)

Age in years

10-12

120 (34.5)

25 (20.8)

0.002

35 (29.2)

0.036

13-15

135 (38.8)

53 (39.3)

41 (30.4)

16-19

93 (26.7)

21 (22.6)

15 (16.1)

Median age (IQR)

14 (IQR = 12,16)

Age difference from elder sibling

I am the 1^stchild for my mother

77 (22.1)

17 (22.1)

0.401

16 (20.8)

0.478

<=2 years

94 (27.0)

28 (29.8)

26 (27.7

>2 years

177 (50.9)

54 (30.5)

49 (27.7)

Age difference from younger sibling

I am the last child for my mother

55 (15.8)

11 (20.0)

0.256

16 (29.1)

0.383

<=2 years

92 (26.4)

30 (32.6)

28 (30.4)

>2 years

201 (57.8)

58 (28.9)

47 (23.4)

Usual place of Residence

Urban

217 (62.4)

51 (23.5)

0.008

64 (29.5)

0.068

Rural

131 (37.6)

48 (36.4)

27 (20.6)

Religion

Orthodox

323 (92.8)

96 (27.7)

0.067**

82 (25.4)

0.245

Muslim

25 (7.2)

3 (12.0)

9 (36.0)

Education of father

Illiterate

127 (36.5)

43 (33.9)

0.090

28 (22.1)

0.187

Literate

221 (63.5)

56 (25.3)

63 (28.5)

Education of Mother

Illiterate

156 (44.8)

44 (28.2)

0.928

33 (21.2)

0.056

Literate

192 (55.2)

55 (28.7)

58 (30.2)

Occupation of father

Employed

150 (43.1)

28 (18.7)

0.002

40 (26.7)

0.069

Farmer

131 (37.6)

48 (36.6)

27 (20.6)

Other

67 (19.3)

23 (34.3)

24 (35.8)

Family size

<=4 members

98 (28.2)

18 (18.4)

0.009

24 (24.5)

0.645

>4 members

249 (71.8)

81 (32.5)

67 (26.9)