Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants in Koladiba town of Dembia district, northwest Ethiopia, 2015 (n = 392)
Variable | Category | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Male | 173 | 44.1 |
Female | 219 | 55.9 | |
Age | 20–29 | 106 | 27.0 |
30–39 | 72 | 18.4 | |
40–49 | 67 | 17.1 | |
50–59 | 58 | 14.8 | |
>60 | 89 | 22.7 | |
Occupation | Employed | 85 | 21.7 |
Housewife | 114 | 29.1 | |
Student | 25 | 6.4 | |
Merchant | 63 | 16.1 | |
Daily laborer | 75 | 19.1 | |
Farmer | 30 | 7.7 | |
Marital status | Married | 235 | 59.9 |
Single | 60 | 15.3 | |
Divorced | 45 | 11.5 | |
Widowed | 47 | 12.0 | |
Separated | 5 | 1.3 | |
Educational status | Not read and write | 126 | 32.1 |
Primary school | 111 | 28.3 | |
Secondary school | 115 | 29.3 | |
Higher education | 40 | 10.2 | |
Religion | Orthodox christian | 336 | 85.7 |
Protestant christian | 4 | 1.0 | |
Muslim | 52 | 13.3 |