Table 1.

Socio demographic characteristics of study participants by place of residence in Haramaya woreda, Ethiopia, 2013

Socio demographic variables		Place of residence
		Urban	%	Rural	%	Total	%
Head of	Male	207	87.3	425	76.7	632	79.9
House hold hold	Female	30	12.7	12.9	23.3	159	20.1
Ethnicity	Oromo	168	70.9	549	99.1	717	90.6
	Amhara	53	22.4	4	0.7	57	7.2
	Other	16	6.7	1	0.2	17	2.2
Religion	Muslim	144	60.8	551	99.5	695	87.9
	Orthodox	77	32.5	3	0.5	80	10.1
	Protestant	16	6.8	0	0	16	2
Family size	2-5	154	65	246	44.4	400	50.6
	6-12	79	33.3	305	55.1	384	48.5
	>12	4	1.7	3	0.5	7	0.9
Education	Illiterate	63	26.6	387	69.9	450	56.9
status the	Read & write	4	1.7	26	4.7	30	3.8
Mother	1-8	75	31.6	141	25.5	216	27.3
	9-12	42	17.7	0	0	42	5.3
	>12	53	22.4	0	0	53	6.7
Education	Illiterate	22	9.3	369	66.6	391	49.4
al status of	read& write	0	0	32	5.8	32	4
the father	1-8	52	21.9	145	26.2	197	24.9
	9-12	78	32.9	4	0.7	82	10.4
	>12	85	35.9	4	0.7	89	11.3
Occupatio	House wife	122	51.5	451	81.4	573	72.4
n of the	Farmer	5	2.1	68	12.3	73	9.2
Mother	Merchant	56	23.6	30	5.4	86	10.9
	Employed	54	22.8	5	0.9	59	7.5
Occupatio	Farmer	44	18.6	519	93.7	563	71.2
n of the	Government	79	33.3	7	1.3	86	10.9
father	Employee
	Merchant	47	19.8	17	3.1	64	8.1
	Other employee	67	28.3	11	2	78	9.9