Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents

Variable		Professionals (n = 62)		Community (n = 800)
		Number	%	Number	%
Sex	Female	31	50.8	361	45.1
	Male	30	49.1	439	54.9
Age	18–25	10	23.3	68	8.6
	26–33	22	51.2	124	15.7
	34–41	5	11.6	146	18.4
	42–49	3	7.0	116	14.7
	50–57	3	7.0	115	14.5
	58–65	0	0	101	12.8
	> 65	0	0	122	15.4
Education	No formal education	–	–	309	38.6
	1–4	–	–	110	13.8
	5–8	–	–	160	20
	9–10	–	–	136	17
	11–12	–	–	38	4.8
	Diploma	37	61.7	27	3.4
	Degree	20	33.3	18	2.3
	MSc	3	5	2	0.3
Occupation	Civil servant	–		39	4.9
	Merchant	–		145	18.1
	Farmer	–		449	56.1
	Daily worker	–		44	5.5
	Students	–		18	1.6
	Other	–		12	1.5
	Unemployed	–		98	12.3
Animal ownership	Have	13	21	452	56.5
	Have not	49	79	348	43.5
District	Adigrat	25	40.3	237	29.6
	Gulomkada	17	27.4	310	38.8
	Ganta-afeshum	20	32.3	253	31.6
Religion	Orthodox	54	94.7	770	96.7
	Catholic	2	3.5	6	0.8
	Muslim	1	1.8	19	2.4
	Protestant	–	–	1	0.1
Profession	Human health	49	79	–	–
	Veterinarian	13	21	–	–