Table 1 Socio-demographic and socio-economic characteristics of respondents at hospitals of southwest Shewa zone, Oromia, central Ethiopia, 2024 (N = 353).
Variables | Category | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|---|
Age | 18–22 | 93 (26.3) |
23–27 | 66 (18.7) | |
28–32 | 66 (18.7) | |
33–37 | 48 (13.7) | |
38–42 | 28 (7.9) | |
≥ 43 | 52 (14.7) | |
Mean ± SD | 30.80 ± 11.19 | |
Sex | Male | 212 (60.1) |
Female | 141 (39.9) | |
Marital status | single | 158 (44.8) |
Married | 174 (49.3) | |
Divorced | 14 (4.0) | |
Widowed | 7 (2.0) | |
Religion | Orthodox | 157 (44.5) |
Protestant | 144 (40.8) | |
Muslim | 46 (13.0) | |
Wakefeta | 6 (1.7) | |
Ethnicity | Oromo | 298 (84.4) |
Amhara | 35 (9.9) | |
Gurage | 20 (5.7) | |
Occupation | Government employee | 12 (3.4) |
Private business | 65 (18.4) | |
Farmer | 129 (36.5) | |
Daily laborer | 21 (5.9) | |
Student | 81 (22.9) | |
Household worker | 31 (8.9) | |
Jobless | 14 (4.0) | |
Wealth index | Lowest | 64 (18.1) |
Second | 80 (22.7) | |
Middle | 68 (19.2) | |
Fourth | 74 (21.0) | |
Highest | 67 (19.0) | |
Educational level | Unable to read and write | 88 (24.9) |
Grade 1–8 | 171 (48.4) | |
Grade 9–12 | 55 (15.7) | |
College and above | 39 (11.0) | |
Place of residence | Rural | 205 (58.1) |
Urban | 148 (41.9) |
