Table 1.
Socio demographic characteristics of respondent health workers of Governmental Health Institutions in Jimma Zone, Oct–Dec. 2008.
| Socio demographic characteristics | Number (N=254) |
percent | ||
| Age of respondents | ||||
| 15–24 | 92 | 36.2 | ||
| 25–34 | 90 | 35.4 | ||
| 35–44 | 47 | 18.5 | ||
| >44 | 25 | 9.8 | ||
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 118 | 46.5 | ||
| Female | 136 | 53.5 | ||
| Place of work | ||||
| Hospital | 105 | 41.3 | ||
| Health Centre | 149 | 58.7 | ||
| Location of the Work place | ||||
| Jimma City | 112 | 44.1 | ||
| Outside Jimma City | 142 | 55.9 | ||
| Service year | ||||
| Less than 2 | 94 | 37.0 | ||
| 2–4 | 33 | 13.0 | ||
| 5–7 | 46 | 18.1 | ||
| 8–10 | 14 | 5.5 | ||
| 11 and above | 67 | 26.4 | ||
| Field of profession | ||||
| Medical Doctor. | 6 | 2.4 | ||
| Laboratory Tech. | 37 | 14.6 | ||
| Nursing & health assist. | 173 | 68.1 | ||
| Health Officer | 15 | 5.9 | ||
| Midwife | 23 | 9.1 | ||
| Monthly income in Et. Birr | ||||
| 500–999 | 95 | 37.4 | ||
| 1000 and above | 159 | 62.6 | ||