Table 1: Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants in Gamo and Gofa, SNNPR, Ethiopia, March to April 2018 (n = 323).

Characteristics

Categories

N

%

Sex

Female

118

36.5

Male

205

63.5

Age

18-27

19

5.9

28-37

39

12.5

38-47

63

19.5

48-57

80

24.8

> 58

122

37.8

Educational status

Can't read and write

118

36.5

Reading and writing

38

11.8

Primary education

32

9.9

Secondary education

45

13.9

Diploma

57

17.6

Degree

33

10.2

Marital status

Never married

21

6.5

Currently married

270

83.6

Widowed

24

7.4

Divorced

7

2.2

Separate

1

0.3

Religion

Catholic

4

1.2

Muslim

24

7.4

Orthodox

156

48.3

Other

1

0.3

Protestant

138

42.7

Occupation

Farmer

74

22.9

Government

71

22.0

Housewife

72

22.3

Merchant

60

18.6

Non-government

2

0.6

Retired

21

6.5

Student

14

4.3

Unemployed

7

2.2

Weaver

2

0.6