Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents.
Variables | Responses | Frequency (n = 411) | Percentage (100%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Age | 18–40 | 175 | 42.6 |
41–60 | 153 | 37.2 | |
> 60 | 83 | 20.2 | |
Sex | Male | 223 | 54.3 |
Female | 188 | 45.7 | |
Marital status | Married | 283 | 68.9 |
Single | 40 | 9.7 | |
Widowed | 78 | 19.0 | |
Divorced | 10 | 2.4 | |
Residency | Rural | 225 | 54.7 |
Urban | 186 | 45.3 | |
Educational level | Illiterate | 100 | 24.3 |
Can read and write | 85 | 20.7 | |
Primary school | 52 | 12.7 | |
Secondary school | 99 | 24.1 | |
College/University student | 17 | 4.1 | |
College/University graduate | 58 | 14.1 | |
Occupation | Student | 35 | 8.5 |
Private employed | 12 | 2.9 | |
Government employed | 50 | 12.2 | |
Unemployed | 44 | 10.7 | |
House wife | 108 | 26.3 | |
Farmer | 114 | 27.7 | |
Merchant | 48 | 11.7 | |
Role in family | Father | 203 | 49.4 |
Mother | 167 | 40.6 | |
Children | 41 | 10.0 | |
Ethnicity | Amhara | 395 | 96.1 |
Tigray | 9 | 2.2 | |
Afar | 7 | 1.7 | |
Religion | Orthodox | 119 | 29.0 |
Muslim | 287 | 69.8 | |
Protestant | 5 | 29.0 |
