Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of households in Jiga Yelmdar village, Jabi Tehnan District, north-western Ethiopia, January 2014
Characteristic | Category | Number (%) |
|---|---|---|
Sex of respondents (n = 352) |  |  |
Male | 126 (35.8) | |
Female | 226 (64.2) | |
Educational status of respondents (n = 352) | Illiterate | 168 (47.7) |
Read and write | 78 (22.2) | |
Primary school | 57 (16.2) | |
Secondary school | 29 (8.2) | |
High school or higher | 20 (5.7) | |
Household occupation (n = 352) | Farmer | 330 (93.8) |
Merchant | 8 (2.3) | |
Government employee | 2 (0.6) | |
Other | 12 (3.4) | |
Media ownership of households (n = 352) | Radio | 163 (46.3) |
Television | 1 (0.3) | |
Newspaper | 2 (0.6) | |
No | 186 (52.8) | |
Household size (n = 352) | 1 | 6 (1.7) |
2 | 26 (7.4) | |
3 | 65 (18.5) | |
4 | 60 (17.0) | |
5 | 73 (20.7) | |
6 | 55 (15.6) | |
7 | 35 (9.9) | |
8 | 28 (8.0) | |
|  | ≥9 | 4 (1.2) |