Table 1.
Socio-Demographic Characteristics of the Study Participants
| Variables | No. (%) |
|---|---|
| Sex | |
| Male | 187 (48.8) |
| Female | 196 (51.2) |
| Age (years) | |
| 18–29 | 155 (40.5) |
| 30–49 | 191 (49.9) |
| ≥50 | 37 (9.7) |
| Marital status | |
| Married | 320 (83.6) |
| Single | 44 (11.5) |
| Other* | 19 (5.0) |
| Address | |
| Urban | 125 (32.6) |
| Rural | 258 (67.4) |
| Educational status | |
| No formal education | 58 (15.1) |
| Primary schooling | 178 (46.5) |
| High school and above | 147 (38.4) |
| Occupation | |
| Farmer | 137 (35.8) |
| Non-employed | 102 (26.6) |
| Employed | 144 (37.6) |
| Household income (Ethiopian Birr) | |
| 450–1920 | 182 (47.5) |
| >1920 | 201 (52.5) |
Notes: *Divorced and widowed; Employed, government, NGO, private; Income, based on 2019 exchange rate of 1 USD to 29.37 ETB.