Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the participants, Debre Elias district; Northwest Ethiopia, May to Jun 2018 (n = 440)
Variables | Guay (n = 189) | Chago (n = 93) | Genet (n = 158) | Total number (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Number (%) | Number (%) | Number (%) | ||
Sex | ||||
 Male | 91 (48.1) | 39 (41.9) | 71 (44.9) | 201 (45.7) |
 Female | 98 (51.9) | 54 (58.1) | 87 (55.1) | 239 (54.3) |
Age group | ||||
 < 5 | 9 (4.8) | 6 (6.5) | 7 (4.4) | 22 (5.0) |
 5–14 | 46 (24.3) | 21 (22.6) | 42 (26.6) | 109 (24.8) |
 15–24 | 36 (19) | 29 (31.2) | 37 (23.4) | 102 (23.2) |
 25–34 | 26 (13.8) | 15 (16.1) | 30 (19) | 71 (16.1) |
 35–44 | 41 (21.7) | 13 (14) | 30 (19) | 84 (19.1) |
 45–54 | 8 (4.2) | 5 (5.4) | 5 (3.2) | 18 (4.1) |
 ≥ 55 | 23 (12.2) | 4 (4.3) | 7 (4.4) | 34 (7.7) |
Marital status | ||||
 Single | 92 (48.7) | 57 (61.3) | 88 (55.7) | 237 (53.9) |
 Married | 84 (44.4) | 32 (34.4) | 66 (41.8) | 182 (41.4) |
 Divorced | 13 (6.9) | 0 | 4 (2.5) | 17 (3.9) |
 Widowed | 0 | 4 (4.3) | 0 | 4 (0.9) |
Educational status | ||||
 Cannot read and write | 74 (39.1) | 34 (36.6) | 57 (36.1) | 165 (37.5) |
 Read and write | 57 (30.2) | 34 (36.6) | 47 (29.7) | 138 (31.4) |
 1–8th grade | 42 (22.2%) | 18 (19.3) | 32 (20.3) | 92 (20.9) |
 ≥ 9th grade | 16 (8.5) | 7 (7.50 | 22 (13.9) | 45 (10.2) |
Occupational | ||||
 Civil servant | 7 (3.7) | 2 (2.2) | 4 (2.5) | 13 (3.0) |
 Farmer | 145 (76.7) | 80 (86) | 137(86.7) | 362 (82.2) |
 Merchant | 37 (19.6) | 11 (11.8) | 17 (10.8) | 65 (14.8) |
Family size | ||||
 ≤ 3 | 51 (27) | 24 (25.8) | 35 (22.2) | 110 (25.0) |
 4–6 | 102 (54) | 52 (55.9) | 92 (58.2) | 246 (55.9) |
 ≥ 7 | 36 (19) | 17 (18.3) | 31 (19.6) | 84 (19.1) |