Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of household respondents, Jimma Zone, Ethiopia, March, 2019 (n = 759 HHs)
Socio-demographic characteristics | Descriptive statistics | |
|---|---|---|
No | % | |
Sampled people (Districts) | ||
 Botor-Tolay [HH = 120] | 606 | 16.1 |
 Nono-Benja [HH = 123] | 651 | 17.3 |
 Limmu-Kossa [HH = 132] | 615 | 16.4 |
 Gera [HH = 166] | 759 | 20.2 |
 Shebe-Sombo [HH = 218] | 1129 | 30.0 |
 Total HH = 759 | 3760 | 100 |
Sex of respondent | ||
 Male | 439 | 57.9 |
 Female | 320 | 42.1 |
Sex of HH head | ||
 Male | 690 | 90.9 |
 Female | 69 | 9.1 |
Marital status | ||
 Married | 642 | 85.0 |
 Divorced | 31 | 4.1 |
 Widowed | 29 | 3.8 |
 aOthers | 53 | 7.2 |
Education | ||
 No read nor write | 313 | 41.2 |
 Read and write | 80 | 10.6 |
 Primary school | 251 | 33.1 |
 Secondary school | 106 | 14.0 |
 College and above | 5 | 1.1 |
Religion | ||
 Muslim | 423 | 55.9 |
 Orthodox | 230 | 30.4 |
 Protestant | 104 | 13.7 |
Ethnicity | ||
 Oromo | 576 | 76.0 |
 Amhara | 138 | 18.2 |
 bOthers | 54 | 7.0 |
Proportions of | ||
 < 5 years old population | 584 | 15.5 |
 School age children (5–14) | 835 | 22.2 |
 Adults per HHs | 2343 | 62.3 |
 PW/15–49 years (females) | 31 | 3.4 |
 Average family size | 4.9 (mean) | 2.2 (SD) |