Willingness to donate eyes and its associated factors among adults in Gondar town, North West Ethiopia

BMC Ophthalmology

Table 1 Socio-demographic and economic characteristics of study participants, Gondar town, North West, Ethiopia, 2016 (n = 774)

Variables	Frequency	Percent
Age(year)
18–30	403	52.1
31–43	181	23.4
≥44	190	24.5
Sex
Female	501	64.7
Male	273	35.3
Religion
Christianity	663	85.6
Islam	111	14.4
Ethnicity
Amhara	711	91.9
Tigrayan	39	5
Qemant	24	3.1
Marital status(currently)
Married	401	51.8
Single	274	35.4
Divorced	52	6.7
Widow	47	6.1
Educational level
No formal education	114	14.8
Primary school	121	15.6
High school	273	35.3
College/university	266	34.3
Occupation
Non health care professionals	757	97.8
Health care professionals	17	2.2
Monthly income(Birr)
≤1000	275	35.5
1000–2000	180	23.3
2000–3000	143	18.5
> 3000	176	22.7

Education categories: No formal education (can read and write or not), primary school (1-8th), high school (8-12th), and college/university (diploma, degree, and above)
Income categories: Income was categorized based on country per capita income per month of Ethiopia (997 Ethiopian Birr), as follow, ≤1000, 1000–2000, 2000–3000 and >3000

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