Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of the Bure industry park construction workersin Northwest Ethiopia.
| Variables | Categories | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | Male | 179 | 48.6 |
| Age | Female | 189 | 51.4 |
| ≤ 25 years | 74 | 20.1 | |
| 26–35 years | 184 | 50 | |
| 36–45 years | 92 | 25 | |
| ≥ 46 years | 18 | 4.9 | |
| Religion | Orthodox | 348 | 94.5 |
| Protestant | 8 | 2.2 | |
| Muslim | 12 | 3.3 | |
| Ethnicity | Amhara | 349 | 94.8 |
| Oromo | 11 | 3 | |
| Others* | 8 | 2.2 | |
| Marital status | Out of marriage | 199 | 54.1 |
| Married | 169 | 45.9 | |
| Educational level | Illiterate | 8 | 2.2 |
| Able to read and write | 4 | 1.1 | |
| Primary school (1–8) | 46 | 12.5 | |
| Secondary (9–12) | 74 | 20.1 | |
| College and above | 236 | 64.1 | |
| Previous residence | Urban | 362 | 98.4 |
| Rural | 6 | 1.6 | |
| Monthly salary (ETB) | < 3,444 | 196 | 53.3 |
| ≥3,444 | 172 | 46.7 |
*
Others: South and Tigre; ETB, Ethiopian Birr.