Table 2.

Sociodemographic characteristics of the study participants in hospitals of Bahir Dar town, Ethiopia, 2021 (n = 442).

Variables	Categories	Frequency	Percentage
Gender	Male	211	47
	Female	231	53
Age of respondent	<25	35	8
	25-30	260	59
	⩾31	147	33
Marital status of respondents	Single	148	33
	Married	278	63
	Divorced	16	4
Educational status	Diploma	100	23
	First degree	265	60
	Second degree and above	77	17
Types of profession	Physician	89	20
	Nurse	186	42
	Midwifes	59	13
	Laboratory	44	10
	Pharmacy	42	10
	Anesthetists	22	5
Service year	<2	60	14
	2-5	205	46
	⩾6	177	40
Type of wards	Medical ward	24	5.4
	Surgical ward	32	7.2
	General operation room	33	7.6
	Emergency and inpatient	12	2.7
	Gynecology and obstetric	71	16
	Ortho ward	29	6.6
	Orthopedics room	67	15.2
	Radiology room	9	2
	Pedi ward	19	4.3
	Laboratory room	46	10.4
	Fistula ward	8	1.8
	Anesthetists room	24	5.4
	OPD	68	15.4

Abbreviation: OPD, outpatient department.