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. 2016 Oct 20;2016:6740346. doi: 10.1155/2016/6740346

Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents (n = 816) in Gimbi town, West Wellega Zone, Oromia region, Ethiopia, 2014.

Variables Category Frequency Percentage
Age 18–28 313 38.4
29–38 301 36.9
≥39 202 24.8

Sex Male 402 49.3
Female 414 50.7

Religion Orthodox 467 57.2
Protestant 266 32.6
Muslim 83 10.2

Ethnicity Oromo 704 86.3
Amhara 84 10.1
Gurage 18 2.2
Tigre 8 1.2
Others 2 0.2

Educational status Degree and above 38 4.7
Diploma 119 14.6
High school 280 34.3
Elementary 285 34.9
Uneducated 94 11.5

Marital status Single 221 27.1
Married 577 70.7
Divorced 18 2.2

Occupational status Government 113 13.8
Private 270 33.1
Merchant 256 31.4
Student 66 8.1
Housewife 111 13.6

Family monthly income in Ethiopian birr ≤450 27 25.4
451–650 215 26.3
651–1300 193 23.7
≥1301 201 24.6