Table 1: Socio demographic characteristics of the respondents among pulmonary tuberculosis at Hadiya zone health facilities, SNNPR, 2017 (n = 340).
Variables | Frequency | Percent |
Sex of the respondents | ||
Male | 173 | 50.9 |
Female | 167 | 49.1 |
Age of the respondents | ||
18-24 years | 109 | 32.4 |
25-34 year | 110 | 32 |
35-44 year | 68 | 20 |
> = 45 years | 53 | 15.6 |
Marital status | ||
Single | 108 | 66.2 |
Married | 225 | 31.8 |
Divorced | 7 | 2.1 |
Educational status | ||
Unable to read and write | 192 | 56.4 |
Primary school | 47 | 13.8 |
High school | 67 | 20.2 |
College and above | 35 | 10.6 |
Religion | ||
Protestant | 210 | 61.9 |
Orthodox | 105 | 30.9 |
Muslim | 25 | 7.4 |
Ethnicity | ||
Hadiya | 244 | 71.8 |
Gurage | 67 | 19.7 |
Amhara | 12 | 3.5 |
Kembata | 27 | 7.9 |
Estimated Income in ETB | ||
0-500 ETB/month | 178 | 52.4 |
501-1000 ETB/month | 75 | 22.1 |
> = 1000 ETB/month | 87 | 25.5 |
Occupation | ||
Farmer | 69 | 20.5 |
Merchant | 99 | 29.5 |
Non employed | 56 | 20.5 |
Employed | 69 | 16.5 |
Housewife | 34 | 10.1 |
Students | 13 | 3.8 |