Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of adults in Dire Dawa city, 2017.
| Characteristics | Frequency | Percent |
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| Sex | ||
| Male | 286 | 32.80 |
| Female | 586 | 67.20 |
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| Age | ||
| 25-29 | 232 | 26.61 |
| 30-44 | 329 | 37.73 |
| 45-54 | 121 | 13.88 |
| 55-64 | 190 | 21.79 |
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| Education | ||
| College and above | 101 | 13.99 |
| Secondary | 309 | 35.44 |
| Primary | 340 | 38.99 |
| No education | 122 | 13.99 |
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| Marital status | ||
| Married | 582 | 66.74 |
| Single | 173 | 19.84 |
| Divorced | 72 | 8.26 |
| Widowed | 45 | 5.16 |
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| Ethnicity | ||
| Oromo | 301 | 34.52 |
| Amhara | 413 | 47.36 |
| Other† | 158 | 18.12 |
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| Occupation | ||
| Office work | 234 | 26.83 |
| Merchant | 135 | 15.48 |
| Unemployed | 394 | 45.18 |
| Other†† | 109 | 12.50 |
Other†: including Somali (n=28), Harari (n=10), Gurage (n=55), Tigre (n=39), Wolayta (n=8), Silte (=15), and Afar (n=3).
Other††: including housewife (n=36), pensioner (n=30), janitor (n=13), and daily laborer (n=30).