Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants in Gondar city, North West Ethiopia, May 2012(n= 679)
Characteristics | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Sex | ||
Male | 323 | 47.6 |
Female | 356 | 52.4 |
Age | ||
35-44 | 263 | 38.7 |
45-54 | 162 | 23.9 |
55-64 | 109 | 16.1 |
>=65 | 145 | 21.4 |
Marital status | ||
Single | 73 | 10.8 |
Married | 355 | 52.3 |
Divorced | 106 | 15.6 |
Widowed | 145 | 21.4 |
Education level | ||
No formal education | 245 | 16.1 |
Primary level | 157 | 23.1 |
Secondary level | 172 | 25.3 |
Tertiary level | 105 | 15.5 |
Occupation | ||
Government employed | 107 | 15.8 |
Merchant | 127 | 18.7 |
Daily laborer | 98 | 14.4 |
House wife | 240 | 35.3 |
Retired | 70 | 10.3 |
Others* | 37 | 5.4 |
Religion | ||
Orthodox | 556 | 81.9 |
Muslim | 112 | 16.5 |
Protestant | 7 | 1.0 |
Others** | 4 | 0.6 |
Ethnicity | ||
Amhara | 569 | 83.8 |
Tgrie | 62 | 9.1 |
Kimant | 40 | 5.9 |
Others | 8 | 1.2 |
Monthly income | ||
≤ 750 | 173 | 25.5 |
751-1300 | 165 | 24.3 |
1301-2000 | 187 | 27.5 |
>2000 | 154 | 22.7 |