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Table 1 Socio demographic and economic characteristics of health care workers in South Wollo Zone, northeast Ethiopia from May 25 to July 7, 2020

From: Child growth monitoring and promotion practice and associated factors among health care workers at public health facilities in south Wollo Zone, Northeast Ethiopia: a facility-based cross-sectional study

Variables

Frequency

Percent

Sex

 Female

397

100%

Age groups

 20–24

79

19.9

 25–29

153

38.5

 30–34

88

22.2

  ≥ 35

77

19.4

Place of residence

 Urban

208

52.4

 Rural

189

47.6

Marital status

 Married

245

61.7

 Currently unmarried

152

38.3a

Qualification

 Nurse

57

14.4

 Health extension worker

340

85.6

Educational level

 Certificate

128

32.2

 Diploma

220

55.4

 First degree

49

12.3

Religion

 Muslim

184

46.3

 Orthodox

197

49.6

 Catholic

6

1.5

 Protestant

10

2.5

Ethnicity

 Amhara

358

90.2

 Oromo

36

9.1

Tigre

3

0.8

Work place

 Health center

55

13.9

 Health post

342

86.1

Work experience

 1–10

317

79.8

  ≥ 11

80

20.2

Income per month (ETB)

 1500–2499

13

3.3

 2500–3499

149

37.5

  ≥ 3500

235

59.2

  1. a Currently unmarried includes single, divorced, separated and widowed, ETB Ethiopian Birr
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