Table 1.

Household characteristics of the sampled households in the study area

Variables	Agro ecology
	Highland (n = 64)		Mid-altitude (n = 64)		Overall total (n = 128)
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Sex structure
Male	64	100	55	85.9	119	92.95
Female	–	–	9	14.1	9	7.05
Age structure
< 31	10	15.63	8	12.5	18	14.05
31–40	32	50	23	35.9	55	43.0
41–50	15	23.44	20	31.2	35	27.3
51–60	4	6.25	12	18.8	16	12.5
61–70	2	3.1	1	1.6	3	2.35
> 70	1	1.6	–	–	1	0.8
Educational status
Illiterate	15	23.4	18	28.1	33	25.75
Read and write	12	18.75	17	26.56	29	22.7
Primary	24	37.5	19	29.7	43	33.6
Secondary	13	20.8	10	15.6	23	18.2
Average family size (mean ± SE)	7.89 ± 0.4		7.70 ± 0.38		7.8 ± 0.39