Table 1: Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants, Hawassa university's comprehensive and specialized hospitals, Hawassa, Ethiopia, 2020, (n = 316).
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Socio-demographic characteristics |
Category |
Frequency (%) |
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Age
|
15-20 |
21 (6.6%) |
|
21-24 |
93 (29.4%) |
|
|
25-30 |
94 (29.7%) |
|
|
31-34 |
72 (22.8%) |
|
|
35-40 |
27 (8.5%) |
|
|
> 40 |
9 (2.8%) |
|
|
Place of Residence |
Rural |
96 (30.4%) |
|
Urban |
220 (69.6%) |
|
|
Ethnicity
|
Sidama |
146 (46.2%) |
|
Amhara |
47 (14.9%) |
|
|
Oromo |
107 (33.9%) |
|
|
Wolayta |
9 (2.8%) |
|
|
Others |
7 (2.2%) |
|
|
Current marital status |
Single |
36 (11.4%) |
|
Married |
270 (85.4%) |
|
|
Divorced |
8 (2.5%) |
|
|
Widowed |
2 (0.6%) |
|
|
Education status |
No formal education |
26 (8.2%) |
|
Primary school |
135 (42.7%) |
|
|
Secondary |
82 (25.9%) |
|
|
College and above |
73 (23.1%) |
|
|
Occupation |
Farmer |
13 (4.1%) |
|
Merchant |
61 (19.3%) |
|
|
Government |
65 (20.6%) |
|
|
Housewife |
127 (40.2%) |
|
|
Daily laborer |
22 (7.0%) |
|
|
0thers |
28 (8.9%) |
|
|
Religion |
Orthodox |
116 (36.7) |
|
Muslim |
86 (27.2%) |
|
|
Protestants |
111 (35.1%) |
|
|
others |
3 (0.9%) |
|
|
Monthly income |
< 2000 |
82 (26%) |
|
2000-4000 |
117 (37%) |
|
|
> 4000 |
117 (37%) |