Table 2.
Sociodemographic characteristics of study participants in Black Lion Specialized Hospital (BLSH), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, December 2015 (N = 398).
| Variables | Categories | Frequency | Percentage (%) |
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| Sex | Male | 167 | 42.0 |
| Female | 231 | 58.0 | |
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| Age | ≤34 years | 199 | 50.0 |
| >34 years | 199 | 50.0 | |
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| Marital status | Single | 128 | 32.2 |
| Married | 211 | 53.0 | |
| Divorced | 34 | 8.5 | |
| Widowed | 25 | 6.3 | |
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| Presence of caretaker | Yes | 361 | 90.7 |
| No | 37 | 9.3 | |
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| Educational status | No formal education | 69 | 17.3 |
| Elementary/1–8th grade | 120 | 30.2 | |
| Secondary school | 95 | 23.9 | |
| Vocational/diploma | 66 | 16.6 | |
| Degree and above | 48 | 12.1 | |
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| Occupational status | Government employee | 83 | 20.9 |
| Private/NGO | 132 | 33.2 | |
| Farmer | 56 | 14.1 | |
| Student | 48 | 12.1 | |
| Daily laborers | 16 | 4.0 | |
| Merchants | 54 | 13.6 | |
| Others | 9 | 2.3 | |
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| Religion | Orthodox | 224 | 56.3 |
| Protestant | 82 | 20.6 | |
| Muslim | 86 | 21.6 | |
| Others | 6 | 1.5 | |
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| Ethnicity | Amhara | 150 | 37.7 |
| Oromo | 142 | 35.7 | |
| Tigre | 46 | 11.6 | |
| Gurage | 49 | 12.3 | |
| Other | 11 | 2.8 | |
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| The region they come | Addis Ababa | 124 | 31.2 |
| Amhara | 70 | 17.6 | |
| Oromiya | 124 | 31.2 | |
| Tigray | 35 | 8.8 | |
| SNNP | 38 | 9.5 | |
| Others | 7 | 1.8 | |
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| Residence | Urban | 273 | 68.6 |
| Rural | 125 | 31.4 | |
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| Financial income status of the respondents | Less than 1000ETB | 152 | 38.1 |
| 1000–2500ETB | 173 | 43.5 | |
| 2500–5000ETB | 71 | 17.8 | |
| Greater than 5000ETB | 2 | 0.6 | |