Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study population, East Gojjam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia, 2016
Variables | Frequency | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|
Age of the respondents in years | ||
 < = 19 | 3 | 0.4 |
 20–24 | 162 | 21.3 |
 25–29 | 282 | 37.2 |
 30–34 | 159 | 20.9 |
 45–39 | 116 | 15.3 |
 > =40 | 37 | 4.9 |
Religion | ||
 Orthodox Tewahido | 755 | 99.47 |
 Other (Muslims and protestant) | 4 | 0.53 |
Educational status | ||
 Illiterate | 383 | 50.46 |
 Primary school | 150 | 19.76 |
 Secondary school | 91 | 11.99 |
 Diploma and above | 135 | 17.79 |
Marital status | ||
 Married | 731 | 96.31 |
 Widowed | 6 | 0.79 |
 Divorced | 16 | 2.11 |
 Unmarried | 6 | 0.79 |
Occupation | ||
 Salary based employed | 67 | 8.83 |
 Non-salary employed | 692 | 91.17 |
Place of residence | ||
 Rural | 477 | 62.85 |
 Urban | 282 | 37.15 |
Wealth index | ||
 The poorest | 151 | 19.9 |
 Poorer | 152 | 20.0 |
 Poor | 152 | 20.0 |
 Richer | 200 | 26.4 |
 The richest | 104 | 13.7 |