Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of participants of diabetic patients, at HUCSH and Adare General Hospital in Hawassa city southern Ethiopia 2018(n = 352)

Characteristics	Frequency	Percent (%)
Educational status
No formal education	28	8
Read and write	45	12.78
Primary school	65	18.75
High school	105	29.8
College and above	109	30.96
Age
18–25	18	5.1
26–35	35	9.9
36–45	90	25.6
46–55	102	29
> 55	107	30.4
Occupation
Unemployed	48	13.6
Daily labor	5	1.4
Merchant	78	22.2
Government employee	125	35.5
Private/NGO	43	12.5
Farmer	53	15.1
Marital status
Single	25	7.1
Married	311	88.4
Divorced	10	2.8
Widowed	6	1.7
Residence
Rural	274	77.8
Urban	78	22.2
Monthly income in Eth. birra
< 500	19	5.4
501–1500	138	39.2
1501–2500	90	25.6
2501–3500	67	19

^a Ethiopian Birr