Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants, HUCSH, 2021
Parameters | Category | N (%) |
|---|---|---|
Sex | Male | 164 (51.4) |
Female | 155 (48.6) | |
Age in years | Mean ± SD(range) | 44 (17.8) (18–90) |
Residence | Urban | 188 (58.9) |
Rural | 131 (41.1) | |
Educational status | Unable to read & write | 97 (30.4) |
Non-formal education | 47 (14.7) | |
Primary school | 50 (15.5) | |
Secondary school | 58 (18.2) | |
Collage & above | 67 (21) | |
Occupation | Housewife | 95 (29.8) |
Farmer | 61 (19.1) | |
Employed | 50 (15.7) | |
Unemployed | 40 (12.5) | |
Merchant | 15 (4.7) | |
Retired | 18 (5.6) | |
Student | 40 (12.5) | |
Marital status | Single | 61 (19.1) |
Married | 249 (78.1) | |
Separated | 3 (0.9) | |
Windowed | 6 (1.9) | |
Ethnicity | Oromo | 102 (32) |
Amhara | 51 (18) | |
Tigray | 5 (1.6) | |
Sidama | 120 (37.6) | |
Wolayita | 7 (2.2) | |
Gurage | 11 (3.4) | |
Kembata | 8 (2.5) | |
Hadiya | 8 (2.5) | |
Others | 7 (2.2) |