Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of study subjects in Anfilo district, western Ethiopia; august–september 2006
| Characteristics | Females n (%) |
Male n (%) |
Total n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | |||
| 15–24 | 188 (16.9) | 127 (11.4) | 315 (28.3) |
| 25–34 | 132 (11.8) | 126 (11.3) | 258 (23.2) |
| 35–44 | 112 (10.1) | 82 (7.4) | 194 (17.4) |
| 45–54 | 83 (7.4) | 84 (7.5) | 167 (15.0) |
| ≥55 | 63 (5.7) | 117 (10.5) | 180 (16.2) |
| Marital status | |||
| Married | 371 (33.3) | 324 (29.1) | 695 (62.4) |
| Single | 140 (12.6) | 183 (16.4) | 323 (29.0) |
| Divorced | 25 (2.2) | 11 (1.0) | 36 (3.2) |
| Widowed | 42 (3.8) | 18 (1.6) | 60 (5.4) |
| Occupation | |||
| Farmer | 133 (11.9) | 425 (38.2) | 558 (50.1) |
| Housewife | 336 (30.2) | – | 336 (30.2) |
| Student | 101 (9.1) | 92 (8.3) | 193 (17.4) |
| Civil servant | 4 (0.4) | 7 (0.6) | 11 (1.0) |
| Daily labourer | 4 (0.4) | 12 (1.1) | 16 (1.5) |
| Religion | |||
| Orthodox Christian | 224 (20.1) | 227 (20.4) | 451 (40.5) |
| Protestant Christian | 330 (29.6) | 280 (25.1) | 610 (54.7) |
| Muslim | 24 (2.2) | 29 (2.6) | 53 (4.8) |