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. 2021 Jun 8;12:279–288. doi: 10.2147/PHMT.S306475

Table 1.

Socio, Demographic, and Economic Status of the Respondents at Assosa Town, Ethiopia, 2020

Variables Categories Frequency %
Respondent Sex Male 34 9.1
Female 338 90.9
Respondent Religion Orthodox 179 48.1
Muslim 135 36.3
Protestant 54 14.5
Other 4 1.1
Mother age 15–19 10 2.7
20–24 85 22.8
25–30 126 33.9
>30 151 40.6
Mothers’ education Cannot read and write 18 4.8
Read and write 47 12.6
Primary 65 17.5
Secondary and above 242 65.1
Marital status Single 18 4.8
Married 303 81.5
Divorced 21 5.6
Widowed 30 8.1
Mother Occupation Farmer 68 18.3
Pastoralist 18 4.8
Merchant 78 21.0
Daily worker 29 7.8
Government worker 178 47.8
Other 1 0.3
Ethnicity Oromo 119 32
Amhara 131 35.2
Berta 66 17.7
Gumuz 44 11.8
Other 12 3.2
Monthly income <1500 23 6.2
1501–3000 144 38.7
>3000 205 55.1