Table 1. Socio-demographic and economic characteristics of the study participants in rural Sidama regional state, Southern Ethiopia, 2020 (N = 1214).
| Variables | N (%) |
|---|---|
| Sex | |
| Male | 710 (58.5) |
| Female | 504 (41.5) |
| Age (years) | |
| < 20 | 111 (9.1) |
| 21–30 | 503 (41.4) |
| 31–40 | 371 (30.6) |
| 41–50 | 148 (12.2) |
| > 50 | 81 (6.7) |
| Marital status | |
| Single | 128 (10.5) |
| Married | 1024 (84.3) |
| Divorced | 30 (2.5) |
| Widowed | 32 (2.6) |
| Religions | |
| Protestant | 1141 (94.0) |
| Orthodox | 38 (3.1) |
| Catholic | 16 (1.3) |
| Muslim | 19 (1.6) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Sidama | 1161 (95.6) |
| Amhara | 36 (3.0) |
| Oromo | 4 (0.3) |
| Gurage | 8 (0.7) |
| Wolayita | 5 (0.4) |
| Education status | |
| Cannot read and write | 178 (14.7) |
| Read and write only | 59 (4.9) |
| Primary education (1–8) | 531 (43.7) |
| Secondary education (9–12) | 243 (20.0) |
| Diploma and above | 203 (16.7) |
| The main occupation of the participants | |
| Student | 104 (8.6) |
| Merchant | 292 (24.1) |
| Employee | 190 (15.7) |
| Farmer | 357 (29.4) |
| Daily laborer | 29 (2.4) |
| House wife | 242 (19.8) |
| Family size | |
| Small | 890 (73.3) |
| Medium | 220 (18.1) |
| Large | 104 (8.6) |
| Monthly income quintiles | |
| Lowest | 425 (35.0) |
| Second lowest | 55 (4.5) |
| Middle | 248 (20.4) |
| Second highest | 217 (17.9) |
| Highest | 269 (22.2) |