Table 2.
Socio-demographic characteristics of health professionals working in Jimma Zone goverment health facilities, Oromia Regional State, Southwest Ethiopia, 2016(n=412)
| Variables | Categories | No (%) |
| Sex | Female | 184(44.7) |
| Male | 228(55.3) | |
| Age in years | 20–24 | 30(7.3) |
| 25–29 | 281(68.2) | |
| 30–35 | 62(15) | |
| 36 and above | 39(9.5) | |
| Marital | Single | 202(49) |
| status | Married | 195(47.4) |
| Widowed/divorced | 15(3.6) | |
| Work | ≤ 2 | 231(56.1) |
| experience in | 2.01–5 | 116(28.2) |
| years | >5 | 65(15.8) |
| Qualification | Diploma | 158(38.4) |
| First–degree/bachelor | 240(58.3) | |
| Postgraduate | 14(3.4) | |
| Residence | Urban | 200(48.5) |
| Rural | 212(51.5) | |
| Type of | Health center | 244 (59.2) |
| facility | Hospital | 168 (40.8) |
| Type of post | Managerial | 112(27.2) |
| None managerial | 300(72.8) | |
| Profession | Nurse | 128(31.1) |
| category | Midwifery | 62(15) |
| Health officer | 69(16.7) | |
| Medical lab | 53(12.9) | |
| Pharmacist/druggist | 47(11.4 | |
| GP/medical doctor | 30 (7.3) | |
| Others** | 23(5.6) |
**
Others: ESO and anesthesia