Table 1.

Sociodemographic and economic characteristics of health workers, Northwest Ethiopia, 2017 (n=382).

Variables	Category	Frequency	Percent (95%CI)
Sex	Male	219	57.3(51.6-62.4)
	Female	163	42.7(37.6-48.4)
Age in years	20-29	298	78.0(73.6-82.2)
	30-39	67	17.5(13.9-21.7)
	≥40	17	4.5(2.5-6.5)
Educational status	Diploma	181	47.4(42.7-53.0)
	Degree and above	201	52.6(47.0-57.3)
Marital status	Single	190	49.7(44.4-54.8)
	Married	192	50.3(45.2-55.6)
Family arrangement	Living with family	124	32.5(28.1-37.2)
	Living out of family	258	67.5(62.8-71.9)
Family dependency	Yes	118	30.9(26.4-36.1)
	No	264	69.1(63.9-73.6)
Position	Yes	56	14.7(11.1-18.1)
	No	326	85.3(81.9-88.9)
Experience in years	≤2	105	27.5(23.5-31.9)
	3 to5	160	41.9(36.9-46.3)
	≥6	117	30.6(26.4-35.1)
Monthly salary (USD)	≤ 112	119	31.2(26.3-35.6)
	113-146	68	17.8(14.1-22.1)
	147-189	88	23.0(19.1-27.5)
	≥190	107	28.0(23.6-31.9)
Profession	Nurse	238	62.3(57.3-67.0)
	Pharmacy	53	13.9(10.5-17.5)
	Medical Laboratory	39	10.2(7.2-13.6)
	Medical Doctors	24	6.3(4.2-8.9)
	Others	28	7.3(4.7-10.1)

USD: United States Dollar and CI: confidence interval.