Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of health care Providers working in public health Institutions of Hawassa (n=634), 2017, South Ethiopia
| Socio-demographic Characteristics |
Total | |
| Frequency | Percent | |
| Sex | ||
| Female | 389 | 61.4 |
| Male | 245 | 38.6 |
| Age | ||
| 20–25 Years | 178 | 28.1 |
| 26–30 Years | 378 | 59.6 |
| 31–35 Years | 55 | 8.7 |
| > or = 36 | 23 | 3.6 |
| Marital status | ||
| Single | 322 | 50.8 |
| Married | 300 | 47.3 |
| Divorced | 10 | 1.6 |
| Widowed | 2 | .3 |
| Profession | ||
| Nurse | 424 | 66.9 |
| Health | 62 | 9.8 |
| Extension | ||
| Worker | ||
| Midwifery | 57 | 9.0 |
| Medical Doctor | 51 | 8.0 |
| Public Health | 40 | 6.3 |
| Officer | ||
| Education | ||
| Diploma | 408 | 64.4 |
| B.Sc. | 187 | 29.5 |
| M.Sc. | 5 | .8 |
| GP/MD | 28 | 4.4 |
| Specialty/ MD | 6 | .9 |
| Year of experience | ||
| < 5 | 381 | 60.1 |
| > or = 5 | 253 | 39.9 |
| Monthly salary in birr | ||
| < 4000 | 312 | 49.2 |
| 4000.0 – 4791.3 | 179 | 28.2 |
| > 4791.3 birr | 143 | 22.6 |
| Religion | ||
| Protestant | 396 | 62.5 |
| Orthodox | 185 | 29.2 |
| Muslim | 32 | 5.0 |
| Catholic | 15 | 2.4 |
| Other | 6 | 0.9 |