Table 1 Socio–demographic characteristics of study population, Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia, April 2016 (n = 701)
Characteristics | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Sex | ||
 Female | 376 | 53.6 |
 Male | 325 | 46.4 |
Age (years) | ||
 35 - 44 | 296 | 42.1 |
 45 - 54 | 163 | 23.3 |
 55 - 64 | 112 | 16.0 |
 65 - 74 | 74 | 10.6 |
  ≥ 75 | 56 | 8.0 |
Religion | ||
 Orthodox | 544 | 77.6 |
 Muslim | 142 | 20.2 |
 Others* | 15 | 2.2 |
Ethnicity | ||
 Amhara | 595 | 84.9 |
 Tigrie | 51 | 7.3 |
 Kmant | 49 | 7.0 |
 Others** | 6 | 0.8 |
Level of education | ||
 No formal education | 229 | 32.7 |
 Primary education | 187 | 26.6 |
 Secondary education | 166 | 23.7 |
 College and above | 119 | 17.0 |
Marital status | ||
 Single | 53 | 7.6 |
 Married | 479 | 68.3 |
 Divorced | 59 | 8.4 |
 Widowed | 110 | 15.7 |
Type of occupation | ||
 Merchant | 216 | 30.8 |
 Housewife | 211 | 30.1 |
 Government employed | 115 | 16.4 |
 Self-employed | 55 | 7.8 |
 No job | 37 | 5.3 |
 Farmer | 21 | 3.0 |
 Daily laborer | 20 | 2.9 |
 Others*** | 26 | 3.7 |
Monthly income in ETB (n = 617) | ||
  ≤ 750 | 174 | 28.2 |
 751-1300 | 116 | 18.8 |
 1301-2000 | 130 | 21.1 |
  > 2000 | 197 | 31.9 |