Prevalence, associated risk factors and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of Shigella infections among diarrheic pediatric population attending at Gondar town healthcare institutions, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 1 Distributions of socio-demographic characteristics of children and parents attended at selected Gondar town healthcare institutions, Northwest Ethiopia, 2018, n = 272

Variables	Categories	Frequency	Percent(%)
Sex	Male	151	55.5
Sex	Female	121	44.5
Age	≤5	181	66.5
Age	> 5 years	91	33.5
Residence	Urban	251	92.3
Residence	Rural	21	7.7
Income (family)	< 500 birr	19	7
	500–1000 birr	69	25.4
	> 1000 birr	184	67.6
Educational status	Illiterate	59	21.7
	Only read and write	32	11.8
	Primary school	54	19.9
	Secondary school	47	17.3
	College and university	80	29.4

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