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Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of Khat chewers in Gondar city, north west Ethiopia; 2019 (n = 605)

From: Seven in every ten khat chewers in Gondar City had an intention to stop khat chewing: cross-sectional study using Transtheoretical Model

Socio demographic characteristics

Frequency

Percent

Sex

 Male

503

83.1

 Female

102

16.9

Age in years

 18–24

200

33.1

 25–29

159

26.3

 30–34

106

17.5

 35 and above

140

23.5

Religion

 Christian

377

62.3

 Muslim

191

31.6

 Protestant

22

3.6

 Other (Catholic, no religion)

15

2.5

Ethnicity

 Amhara

513

84.8

 Tigrie

38

6.3

 Oromo

37

6.1

 Other (Kimant, Gurage, Sidama)

17

2.8

Educational status

 Can’t read & write

30

5.0

 Read & write

28

4.6

 Primary education

55

9.1

 Secondary education

222

36.7

 Diploma & above

270

44.6

Occupation

 Government employee

89

14.7

 Merchant

132

21.8

 Self-employee

93

15.4

 Student

85

14.0

 Job seeker

163

26.9

 Other (driver, Guard)

43

7.1

Marital status

 Single

384

63.5

 Married

174

28.8

 Divorced

21

3.5

 Other (separated, widowed)

26

4.1

Monthly income in birr

 < 2000

302

49.9

 2000–3500

134

22.1

 > 3500

169

28.0