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. 2019 Aug 22;14(8):e0221356. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221356

Table 1. Socio-demographic characteristics of female workers in Debre Tabor town’s public health facilities, South Gondar Zone, 2018.

Variables Frequency (n = 421) Percent (%)
Marital status
Married 252 60
Single 169 40
Maternal age
20–30 193 45.8
31–40 88 21
41–50 140 33.2
Woman’s educational status
Less than12th grade 67 16
Grade 12 complete and diploma 12 grade and Diploma 253 60
BSc and above 101 24
Husband’s Occupation
Government Employee 127 50.4
Non-governmental employee 59 23.4
Trader 66 26.2
Religion
Orthodox 369 87.6
Muslim 52 12.4
Ethnicity
Amhara 397 94.3
Others 24 5.7
Income per month
Less than 22 US dollar 29 6.9
22.04–59 85 20.2
59.1–187.5 202 48
Greater than 187.5 105 24.9
Year of experience
1–5 years 225 53.4
6–15 years 117 27.8
More than 15 years 79 18.8
Profession
Non- health professionals 158 37.53
Nurse 169 40.14
Others 94 22.33

Others (ethnicity) = Oromo, Tigre and Kimant; Others (profession) = Doctors, midwives, laboratory technicians and technologists, Pharmacy technician and Pharmacists and anesthetist