Table 1.
Socio demographic characteristics of the study participants in Workaye Kebele, Simada District, Northwest Ethiopia, 2016
| Variable | Cases | Controls | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | |
| Sex | ||||
| M | 28 | 51.9 | 43 | 39.8 |
| F | 26 | 48.1 | 65 | 60.2 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Single | 32 | 59.3 | 29 | 26.9 |
| Married | 15 | 27.8 | 57 | 52.8 |
| Widowed/divorced | 7 | 13 | 22 | 20.3 |
| Educational status | ||||
| N/A | 8 | 14.8 | 8 | 7.4 |
| Unable to read and write | 11 | 20.4 | 36 | 33.3 |
| Able to read and write | 8 | 14.8 | 20 | 18.5 |
| Primary | 27 | 50 | 38 | 35.2 |
| Secondary and above | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5.6 |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Amhara | 54 | 100 | 108 | 100 |
| Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Religion | ||||
| Orthodox | 54 | 100 | 108 | 100 |
| Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Occupation | ||||
| N/A | 10 | 18.5 | 9 | 8.3 |
| Farmer | 16 | 29.6 | 63 | 58.3 |
| Student | 28 | 51.9 | 36 | 33.3 |