Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants: Bahir Dar Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia April, 2018 (n = 539)
Variables | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Sex | ||
Male | 257 | 47.7 |
Female | 282 | 52.3 |
Age | ||
18–29 | 89 | 16.5 |
30–44 | 335 | 62.2 |
> = 45 | 115 | 21.3 |
Religion | ||
Orthodox | 489 | 90.7 |
Muslim | 46 | 8.5 |
Protestant | 4 | 0.7 |
Ethnicity | ||
Amhara | 526 | 97.6 |
Awi | 6 | 1.1 |
Othersa | 7 | 1.3 |
Education status | ||
Unable to read and write | 35 | 6.5 |
Able to read and write | 51 | 9.5 |
Primary | 161 | 29.9 |
Secondary | 139 | 25.8 |
Certificate/diploma | 102 | 18.9 |
Degree and above | 51 | 9.5 |
Occupation | ||
Housewife | 102 | 18.9 |
Government employed | 151 | 28.0 |
Private employed | 68 | 12.6 |
Merchant | 107 | 19.9 |
Daily laborer | 87 | 16.1 |
Othersb | 24 | 4.5 |
Marital status | ||
Single | 110 | 20.4 |
Married | 268 | 49.7 |
Widowed | 72 | 13.4 |
Divorced | 85 | 15.8 |
Separated | 4 | 0.7 |
Residence | ||
Urban | 502 | 93.1 |
Rural | 37 | 6.9 |
Monthly income | ||
<=500 birr | 47 | 8.7 |
501–1000 birr | 152 | 28.2 |
> 1000 birr | 340 | 63.1 |