Table 1 Socio-demographic Characteristics of Study Participants in the Community of Kersa, Haramaya, and Harar Health and Demographic Surveillance System, Eastern Ethiopia, 2022 (N = 1411)
Variables | Frequency | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Male | 675 | 47.8 |
Female | 736 | 52.2 | |
Age | < 30 | 622 | 44.1 |
31–40 | 502 | 35.6 | |
41–50 | 166 | 11.8 | |
≥ 51 | 121 | 8.6 | |
Marital status | Single | 294 | 20.8 |
Married | 833 | 59.0 | |
Divorced/ Widowed | 284 | 20.1 | |
Educational status | Unable to read and write | 492 | 34.9 |
1-8th grade | 204 | 14.5 | |
High school (9-12th grade) | 288 | 20.4 | |
Diploma and above | 427 | 30.3 | |
Occupational status | Employed | 638 | 45.2 |
Farmer/housewife | 458 | 32.5 | |
Unemployed | 315 | 22.3 | |
Residence | Rural | 920 | 65.2 |
Urban | 491 | 34.8 | |
Living circumstance | With families | 1302 | 92.3 |
Alone | 109 | 7.7 | |