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Table 1 Sociodemography characteristics of household respondents, Jimma town, 2010

From: Urban malaria and associated risk factors in Jimma town, south-west Ethiopia

Variables

Frequency

Percentage

Age

15-40

190

65.3

 

41-64

85

29.2

 

>64

16

5.5

Sex

Male

166

57.0

 

Female

125

43.0

Religion

Muslim

122

41.9

 

Catholic

5

1.7

 

Orthodox

118

40.5

 

Protestant

45

15.5

 

Other

1

0.3

 

Oromo

167

57.4

Ethnicity

Amhara

55

18.9

 

Dawuro

50

17.2

 

Kaffa

10

3.4

 

Tigrea

9

3.1

Marital Status 1

Unmarried

17

5.8

 

Married

248

85.2

 

Widowed

9

3.1

 

Divorced

17

5.8

Educational status

Illiterate

80

27.5

 

Read and write

6

2.1

 

Grade1-4

19

6.5

 

Grade 5-8

92

31.6

 

High school & above

94

32.3

Family size

1-5

218

74.9

 

6-10

69

23.7

 

>10

4

1.4

Monthly income

< 31.25USD

130

44.7

 

31.25-62.5USD

104

35.7

 

>62.5USD

57

19.6

Occupation

Private business

164

56.4

 

GO employed

64

22.0

 

House wife

32

11.0

 

Daily laborer

30

10.3

 

NGO worker

1

0.3

 

private business

164

56.4

No of bed room

One bed room

163

56.0

 

Two bed rooms

95

32.6

 

Three bed rooms

19

6.5

 

More than three

14

4.8

Type of house

Mud plastered

243

83.5

 

Stone wall

41

14.1

 

Break walls

7

2.1

  1. Note, NGO = nongovernmental organization, GO = governmental organization