Table 1 Socio demographic distribution respondents among Somali refugee at Melkadida camp, Southeast Ethiopia, 2014(n = 831)
Characteristics | Number | Percent | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age | 18–40 | 620 | 74.6 |
41–60 | 195 | 23.5 | |
>60 | 16 | 1.9 | |
Sex | Male | 383 | 46.1 |
Female | 448 | 53.9 | |
Marital status | Married | 462 | 55.6 |
never married | 132 | 15.9 | |
divorced | 100 | 12 | |
widowed | 66 | 7.9 | |
separated | 71 | 8.5 | |
Educational status | never attend the school | 362 | 43.6 |
primary school | 395 | 47.5 | |
College | 74 | 8.9 | |
Employment status | employed | 230 | 27.7 |
not employed | 601 | 72.3 | |
Displacement characteristics | Never displaced previously | 370 | 44.5 |
Previously displaced as refugee | 243 | 29.2 | |
Previously displaced as IDP | 79 | 9.5 | |
Previously displaced as both refugee and IDP | 48 | 5.8 | |
Displaced more than once | 91 | 11 | |