Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants
Characteristics | Number (%) |
|---|---|
Sex | |
 Male | 356 (54.2) |
 Female | 301 (45.8) |
Age | |
 18–29 years | 305 (46.4) |
 30–39 years | 161 (24.5) |
 40–49 years | 75 (11.4) |
 50–59 years | 52 (7.9) |
 60–69 years | 35 (5.3) |
 70–79 years | 17 (2.6) |
 80–89 years | 12 (1.8) |
Level of education | |
 Unable to read and write | 227 (34.6) |
 Able to read & write only | 71 (10.8) |
 Grade 1–4 | 74 (11.3) |
 Grade 5–8 | 118 (18.0) |
 Grade 9–12 | 106 (16.1) |
 College graduate | 61 (9.3) |
Marital status | |
 Single | 214 (32.6) |
 Married | 365 (55.6) |
 Divorced | 47 (7.2) |
 Widow | 31 (4.7) |
Residence | |
 Urban | 370 (56.3) |
 Rural | 287 (43.7) |
Occupation | |
 Government employee | 62 (9.4) |
 Unemployed | 37 (5.6) |
 Self-employed | 134 (20.4) |
 Farmer | 176 (26.8) |
 Student | 40 (6.1) |
 Housewife | 111 (16.9) |
 Daily labourer | 44 (6.7) |
 Others | 53 (8.1) |
Religion | |
 Orthodox | 409 (62.3) |
 Islam | 222 (33.8) |
 Protestant | 23 (3.5) |
 Catholic | 2 (0.3) |
 Other | 1 (0 .2) |
Ethnicity | |
 Amhara | 310 (47.2) |
 Gurage | 194 (29.5) |
 Mareko | 69 (10.5) |
 Silte | 67 (10.2) |
 Oromo | 11 (1.7) |
 Other | 6 (0.9) |
Income | |
  < 1USD/person/day | 557 (84.5) |
  ≥ 1USD/person/day | 100 (15.2) |
Annual household income in Birr | 13300 ± 14000 |