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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents’ in Awi zone, Amhara Regional State, North West Ethiopia, 2013 (n = 300)

From: Patients’ perception and satisfaction on quality of laboratory malaria diagnostic service in Amhara Regional State, North West Ethiopia

Respondents’ characteristics

Frequency

Percent

Age (in years)

  

 18–25

138

46.0

 26–35

90

30.0

 36–45

36

12.0

 46–55

15

5.0

 >55

21

7.0

 Mean (±SD)

31 (±13)

 

Sex

  

 Male

160

53.5

 Female

139

46.5

Marital status

  

 Single

85

28.9

 Married

204

69.4

 Divorced

2

0.7

 Widowed

3

1.0

Patient’s ethnicity

  

 Awi

196

65.3

 Amhara

103

34.3

 Other

1

0.3

Patient work area

  

 Rural

254

84.9

 Urban

45

15.1

Employment

  

 Farmer

159

53.0

 Merchant

26

8.7

 Government employee

34

11.3

 Non-government employee

2

0.7

 Other

79

26.3

Educational

  

 No formal education

135

45.0

 Primary education

84

28.0

 Secondary education

47

15.7

 College/university

33

11.0

 Other

1

0.3