Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of study participants at the University of Gondar Tertiary Eye Care and Training Center, Ethiopia, 2017 (n = 484).
| Variables | Frequency | Percentage |
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| Age (years) | ||
| 18–45 | 119 | 24.59 |
| 45–60 | 120 | 24.79 |
| 60–75 | 146 | 30.17 |
| 75–96 | 99 | 20.45 |
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| Sex | ||
| Male | 283 | 58.47 |
| Female | 201 | 41.53 |
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| Residence | ||
| Rural | 297 | 61.36 |
| Urban | 187 | 38.64 |
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| Educational level | ||
| Unable to read and write | 275 | 56.82 |
| Only able to read and write | 93 | 19.21 |
| Primary education | 56 | 11.57 |
| Secondary education | 27 | 5.58 |
| College/university | 33 | 6.82 |
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| Marital status | ||
| Married | 330 | 68.18 |
| Single | 54 | 11.16 |
| Divorced | 36 | 7.44 |
| Widowed | 64 | 13.22 |
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| Religion | ||
| Christian | 449 | 92.77 |
| Muslim | 35 | 7.23 |
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| Occupation | ||
| Farmer | 196 | 40.50 |
| Student | 32 | 6.61 |
| Housewife | 142 | 29.34 |
| Merchant | 33 | 6.81 |
| Daily labor | 32 | 6.61 |
| Government employee | 29 | 6.00 |
| Retired | 20 | 4.13 |
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| Monthly income | ||
| <400 | 139 | 28.72 |
| 400–600 | 104 | 21.49 |
| 600–1500 | 120 | 24.79 |
| >1500 | 121 | 25.00 |
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| Ethnicity | ||
| Amhara | 420 | 86.78 |
| Tigrie | 30 | 6.20 |
| Kimant | 34 | 7.02 |