Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of primary caregivers of adult cancer patients in Northwest Amhara Regional States Referrals Hospitals, oncology treatment units, July/ 2021. (n = 412)
Variables | Category | Frequency(n) | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Age | 18–28 | 110 | 26.70 |
29–39 | 141 | 34.22 | |
40–50 | 98 | 23.79 | |
51–60 | 51 | 12.38 | |
 >  = 61 | 12 | 2.91 | |
Sex | Male | 236 | 57.28 |
Female | 176 | 42.72 | |
Religion | Orthodox | 327 | 79.37 |
Muslim | 80 | 19.42 | |
Protestant/Catholic | 5 | 1.21 | |
Ethnicity | Amhara | 395 | 95.87 |
Kimant | 17 | 4.13 | |
Marital status | Single | 109 | 26.46 |
Married | 291 | 70.63 | |
Divorced/Widowed | 12 | 2.91 | |
Educational status | Unable to read and write | 102 | 24.76 |
Primary(1–8) | 73 | 17.72 | |
Secondary (9–12) | 133 | 32.28 | |
Collage and above | 104 | 25.24 | |
Occupation | Governmental employed | 74 | 17.96 |
NGO employed | 26 | 6.31 | |
Farmer | 129 | 31.31 | |
Merchant | 53 | 12.86 | |
Student | 63 | 15.29 | |
Housewife | 47 | 11.41 | |
Unemployed/daily labor | 20 | 4.85 | |
Residence | Urban | 232 | 56.31 |
Rural | 180 | 43.69 | |
Relationship | Spouse | 140 | 33.98 |
Child | 150 | 36.41 | |
Siblings | 85 | 20.63 | |
Parents | 21 | 5.1 | |
Other relatives | 16 | 3.88 | |
Average monthly income(in ETB) |  <  = 1000 | 90 | 21.84 |
1000–1999 | 78 | 18.93 | |
2000–2999 | 55 | 13.35 | |
 > 3000 | 189 | 45.87 |