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. 2018 Mar;28(2):177–186. doi: 10.4314/ejhs.v28i2.9

Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of healthcare workers, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February to March, 2016 (N=605).

Variables Frequency
(N=605)
Percent
Age(years) <25 181 29.9
26–30 260 43.0
31–35 88 14.5
36–40 30 5.0
>40 46 7.6
Sex Male 222 36.7
Female 383 63.3
Marital status Married 238 39.3
Single 367 60.7
Profession Nurse/Midwife 425 70.2
Health Officer 65 10.7
Lab technicians 58 9.6
Physician 47 7.8
Other * 10 1.7
Educational status First degree and above 361 59.7
Diploma 244 40.3
Currently working OPD, Emergency and Triage 155 25.6
department or unit Maternity, Delivery Gynecology 103 17.0
and Obstetrics unit
Medical and Surgical Ward 84 13.9
Laboratory 59 9.8
Inpatient clinic 42 6.9
Pediatrics ward 36 6.0
OR and Minor-OR 29 4.8
Other ** 97 16.0
Service year in healthcare <3 342 56.5
facility (years) 3–7 211 34.9
>7 52 8.6
Type of healthcare facility Health center 317 52.4
Referral hospital 246 40.7
General hospital 42 6.9

OPD=Outpatient department, OR= Operating theater,

*

Anesthesiologist, Dentist and Ophthalmologist;

**

EPI, FP, ANC, dental clinic, ENT unit, ophthalmology unit, ART, TB-clinic, neonatal ICU, adult ICU, Orthopedic unit, Dressing and injection room.