Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants at Debre Markos referral hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, May 2017
| Characteristics | Frequency | percent |
|---|---|---|
| age | ||
| 18–25 | 194 | 50.5 |
| 26–33 | 164 | 42.7 |
| 34–40 | 26 | 6.8 |
| Residence | ||
| Urban | 291 | 75.8 |
| Rural | 93 | 24.2 |
| Educational level | ||
| Illiterate | 75 | 19.5 |
| Primary | 50 | 13 |
| Secondary | 101 | 26.3 |
| Collage/university | 158 | 41.1 |
| Occupation | ||
| Daily labor | 20 | 5.2 |
| Farmer | 28 | 7.3 |
| Governmental employee | 104 | 27.1 |
| House wife | 124 | 32.3 |
| Merchant | 82 | 21.4 |
| Private employee | 13 | 3.4 |
| Student | 13 | 3.4 |
| Marital status | ||
| Single | 8 | 2.1 |
| Married | 371 | 96.6 |
| Divorced | 5 | 1.3 |
| Total | 384 | 100 |