Table 1 The frequency of color blindness among male and female school children in the three primary schools of Gish Abay town district, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia, 2016
Variables | School name | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Zeleke Desta % (n = 36) | Gumbella % (n = 36) | Hamus Wonze % (n = 36) | ||||
% (n = 36) | % (N = 850) | |||||
Literacy Level /Grades/ | 3rd to 4th | 6 (16.7%) | 4 (11.1%) | 4 (11.1%) | 14 (38.9%) | 1.65% |
5th to 8th | 5 (13.9%) | 9 (25%) | 8 (22.2%) | 22 (61.1%) | 2.59% | |
Total | 11 (30.6%) | 13 (36.1%) | 12 (33.3%) | 36 (100%) | 4.24% | |
Sex | M | 7 (19.5%) | 10 (27.8%) | 10 (27.8%) | 27 (75%) | 3.18% |
F | 4 (11.1%) | 3 (8.3%) | 2 (5.5%) | 9 (25%) | 1.06% | |
Age | 8–13 | 9 (25%) | 11 (30.6%) | 5 (13.9%) | 25 (69.4%) | 2.94% |
14–18 | 2 (5.6%) | 2 (5.6%) | 7 (19.4%) | 11 (30.6%) | 1.3% | |