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. 2019 Jun 29;9(6):e028550. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028550

Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of study participants among residents of Koshe area, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2018 (n=830)

Characteristics Frequency Percentage
Age (years)
 15–40 675 81.3
 >40 155 18.7
Sex
 Female 491 59.2
 Male 339 40.8
Marital status
 Married 428 51.6
 Single 249 30
 Divorced 131 15.8
 Others* 22 2.7
Ethnicity
 Amhara 404 48.7
 Tigray 138 16.6
 Gurage 135 16.3
 Oromo 123 14.8
 Others† 30 3.6
Religion
 Orthodox 502 60.5
 Muslim 195 23.5
 Protestant 94 11.3
 Catholic 39 4.7
Educational status
 Cannot read and write 153 18.4
 Primary school 366 44.1
 Secondary school 185 22.3
 Diploma and above 126 15.2
Occupational status
 House wife 131 15.8
 Employed 472 56.9
 Student 110 13.3
 Jobless 117 14

*Separated, widowed.

†Silte, Hadya.