Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of study participants in the communities of Debre Tabor Town, North Central Ethiopia, 2018.
| Characteristics of study participants | Number | Percent |
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| Sex | ||
| Male | 297 | 73.13 |
| Female | 108 | 26.87 |
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| Age (years) | ||
| 18–27 | 97 | 24.1 |
| 28–37 | 168 | 41.8 |
| 38–47 | 71 | 17.7 |
| 48–57 | 39 | 9.7 |
| 58–67 | 19 | 4.7 |
| >67 | 8 | 2 |
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| Educational level | ||
| Who cannot read and write | 49 | 12.2 |
| Who can read and write | 40 | 10 |
| From grades 1–6 | 28 | 7 |
| From grades 7–12 | 27 | 6.7 |
| Technical and vocational certificate | 79 | 19.7 |
| College diploma and above | 179 | 44.5 |
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| Religion | ||
| Christian | 388 | 96.4 |
| Muslim | 14 | 3.6 |
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| Occupation | ||
| Government employees | 162 | 40.3 |
| House wife | 91 | 22.6 |
| Private-sector employees | 83 | 20.6 |
| Merchants | 43 | 10.7 |
| Students | 23 | 5.6 |
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| Family monthly income | ||
| 200–2000 | 247 | 61.4 |
| 2001–3800 | 132 | 32.8 |
| 3801–6000 | 18 | 4.5 |
| >6000 | 5 | 1.2 |
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| Marital status | ||
| Married | 298 | 74.1 |
| Single | 56 | 13.9 |
| Widowed | 36 | 9 |
| Separated/divorced | 12 | 3 |
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| Family size | ||
| 1-2 | 161 | 40 |
| 3-4 | 154 | 38.3 |
| 5-6 | 72 | 17.9 |
| >6 | 15 | 3.7 |
From the total of 402 study participants, 322 (80.1%) of the participants had good knowledge about traditional medicines (see Table 2).