Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants at public hospitals of Wolayita Zone, Southern Ethiopia (n = 230)
Variables | Frequency | Percent | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age category of the respondents | < 5 | 37 | 16.1 |
5–14 | 17 | 7.4 | |
15–40 | 93 | 40.4 | |
41–60 | 68 | 29.6 | |
> 60 | 15 | 6.5 | |
Sex | Male | 153 | 66.5 |
Female | 77 | 33.5 | |
Marital status | Married | 153 | 66.5 |
Single | 76 | 33.1 | |
Divorced | 1 | 0.4 | |
Respondent’s religion | Protestant | 149 | 64.8 |
Orthodox | 64 | 27.8 | |
Catholic | 12 | 5.2 | |
Muslim | 5 | 2.2 | |
Residence | Rural | 203 | 88.3 |
Urban | 27 | 11.7 | |
Occupational status | Student | 43 | 18.7 |
Government employed | 3 | 1.3 | |
NGO employed | 1 | 0.4 | |
Merchant | 46 | 20.0 | |
Farmer | 77 | 33.5 | |
Non productive | 60 | 26.1 | |