Table 1 Socio-demographic distributions of participants among residents of Mertule Mariam town East Gojam Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, 2017
Independent variable | Categories | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Age | 18–24 | 241 | 25.4 |
25–34 | 463 | 48.9 | |
35–44 | 193 | 20.4 | |
> 44 | 50 | 5.3 | |
Sex | Male | 554 | 58.5 |
Female | 393 | 41.5 | |
Marital status | Single | 426 | 45.0 |
Married | 417 | 44.0 | |
Divorced | 85 | 9.0 | |
Widowed | 19 | 2.0 | |
Ethnicity | Amhara | 944 | 99.7 |
Other | 3 | 0.3 | |
Religion | Orthodox | 935 | 98.7 |
Other | 12 | 1.3 | |
Educational status | Unable to read and write | 116 | 12.2 |
Educational level | Elementary school | 126 | 13.3 |
Secondary school | 260 | 27.5 | |
College diploma | 267 | 28.2 | |
Degree and above | 178 | 18.8 | |
Occupational status | Government employee | 387 | 40.9 |
Housewife | 70 | 7.4 | |
Farmer | 59 | 6.2 | |
NGO employee | 45 | 4.8 | |
Merchant | 168 | 17.7 | |
Student | 152 | 16.1 | |
Other | 66 | 7.0 | |
Income | < 750 | 290 | 30.6 |
751–1200 | 113 | 11.9 | |
> 1201 | 544 | 57.4 |