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. 2023 Jul 25;23:390. doi: 10.1186/s12905-023-02497-8

Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants

Variable Frequency X2(P−value)
Cases Controls
Age Category < 19 2(2.4%) 3(1.8%) 0.784(0.676)
19–35 73(89%) 152(92.7%)
> 35 7(8.6%) 9(5.5%)
Marital Status Married 75(91.50%) 150(91.50%) 2.1(0.350)
Unknown* 6(7.30%) 14(8.5%)
Education level No formal education 7(8.5%) 18(11.0%) 1.115(0.892)
Primary school 33(40.2%) 71(43.3%)
Secondary school 23(28.1%) 37(22.6%)
Above secondary school 12(14.6%) 24(14.6%)
Unknown* 7(8.5) 14(8.5%)
Occupation Housewife 37(45.1%) 78(47.6%) 3.129(0.680)
Merchant 11(13.4%) 16(9.8%)
Government employee 22(26.8%) 34(20.7%)
Others** 3(3.7%) 9(5.5%)
Unknown* 5(6.1%) 15(9.1%)
Daily laborer 4(4.9%) 12(7.3%)
Residence Addis Ababa 51(62.2%) 100(61.0%) 0.034(0.853)
Outside of Addis Ababa 31(37.8%) 64(39.0%)

* = if there is no information about it. **= other than mentioned (private or self-employment)