Table 1. Socio-demographic characteristics of adult DM patients attending Bale zone hospitals, Southeast Ethiopia, 2020 (n = 238).

Variables		Frequency (n = 238)	Percentage (%)
Age of the respondents	18–30	68	28.6
	31–45	62	26.1
	46–60	57	23.9
	>60	51	21.4
Sex of the respondents	Male	144	60.5
	Female	94	39.5
Religion of the respondents	Orthodox	106	44.5
	Muslim	114	47.9
	Protestant	16	6.7
	Other*	2	0.8
Ethnicity of the respondents	Oromo	180	75.6
	Amhara	52	21.8
	Tigre	1	0.4
	Other**	5	2.1
Occupation of the respondent	Student	24	10.1
	Farmer	72	30.3
	Government employee	45	18.9
	Merchant	30	12.6
	House wife	42	17.6
	Daily laborers	25	10.5
Level of education of the respondents	No formal education	49	20.6
	Primary education (1–8)	102	42.9
	Secondary education (9–12)	49	20.6
	College and above	38	16.0
Residence of the respondents	Rural	101	42.4
	Urban	137	57.6
Marital status of the respondents	Single	39	16.4
	Married	185	77.7
	Divorced	6	2.5
	Widowed	8	3.4
Monthly income of the respondents (Ethiopian birr)	<1000	145	60.9
	1000–2000	35	14.7
	2000–4000	23	9.7
	>4000	35	14.7

Other* = (Wakefata, Catholic)

Other** = (Gurage, Sidama).