Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of patients with diabetes attending chronic care at Arba Minch Hospital, southern Ethiopia, 2021

Variables	Frequency	Per cent
Sex of the respondent
Female	202	55.34
Male	163	44.66
Age of the respondent in years
< 50 years	191	52.33
≥50 years	174	47.67
Place of residence
Rural	129	35.34
Urban	236	64.66
Education status
College graduate or above	80	21.92
Able to read and write	14	3.84
Unable to read and write	105	28.77
Primary education1–8	98	26.85
Secondary school9–12	68	18.63
Occupation
Farmer	43	11.78
Government-employed	105	28.77
Housewife	151	41.37
Self-employed	44	12.05
Unemployed	22	6.03
Marital status
Unmarried	26	7.12
Married	339	92.88