Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants by glaucoma, South Gondar Zone, North West Ethiopia, 2021(n = 253)
Factors | Glaucoma | |
|---|---|---|
Yes n (%) | No n (%) | |
Age | ||
40–49 | 3 (1.2) | 34 (13.5) |
50–59 | 16 (6.3) | 50 (19.8) |
60–69 | 39 (15.4) | 55 (21.7) |
> = 70 | 8 (3.2) | 48 (19.0) |
Sex | ||
Male | 48 (18.8) | 111 (43.7) |
Female | 18 (7.3) | 76 (30.0) |
Religion | ||
Orthodox | 53 (20.8) | 122 (48) |
Muslim | 13(5.2) | 53 (20.8) |
Protestant | – | 13 (5.2) |
Marital status | ||
Married | 54 (21.3) | 147 (58) |
Single | 8 (3.2) | 8 (3.2) |
Divorced | 2 (0.7) | 11 (4.2) |
Widowed | – | 8 (3.2) |
Separated | 2 (0.8) | 13 (5.2) |
Occupation | ||
Farmer | 39 (15.6) | 91 (30.6) |
Government | 16 (6.2) | 35 (14) |
Merchant | 5 (2.0) | 21 (8.3) |
house wife | 3 (1.2) | 10 (4.0) |
Othersa | 3 (1) | 18 (7.1) |
Income per month | ||
< =18$ | 0 | 8 (3.2) |
18–31$ | 0 | 29 (11.5) |
31–48$ | 26 (10.4) | 34 (13.5) |
> 48$ | 40 (15.6) | 117 (46.2) |
Ethnicity | ||
Amhara | 58 (22.9) | 139 (55) |
Oromo | 5 (2.0) | 21 (8.3) |
Tigray | 3 (1.2) | 19 (7.3) |
Othersb | – | 8 (3.2) |
Educational level | ||
Cannot read &write | 14 (5.3) | 33 (13.0) |
Can read and write | 18 (7.2) | 65 (25.5) |
Primary school | 15 (5.9) | 29 (11.4) |
High school | 9 (3.6) | 38 (15.1) |
Collage& university | 10 (4.0) | 24 (9.5) |