Prevalence and associated factors of active trachoma among 1–9 years old children in Deguatemben, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2018: community cross-sectional study

Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of study children participated in the study conducted in Deguatemben district, Tigray, Northern Ethiopia, 2018

Variables	Variable category	Frequency (n = 502)	Percentage (%)
Sex of child	Male	257	51.2
Sex of child	Female	245	48.8
Education status of child	Preschool	323	64.3
	Student	172	34.3
	not attending school	7	1.4
The age group of a child	1 to 4 years old	266	53
The age group of a child	5 to 9 years old	236	47
Number of < 10 children in the household	≤2 children	455	90.6
Number of < 10 children in the household	≥3 children	47	9.4

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