Table 1 Socio demographic distribution of study subjects at Goba General Hospital, South East Ethiopia, 2012
Characteristics | Number | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
Residence | Rural | 107 | 30.3 |
Urban | 246 | 69.7 | |
Age | 15-24 | 90 | 22.5 |
25-34 | 107 | 30.3 | |
35-44 | 63 | 17.8 | |
45-54 | 34 | 9.6 | |
54+ | 59 | 16.7 | |
Sex | Male | 150 | 42.5 |
Female | 203 | 57.5 | |
Marital status | Married | 229 | 64.9 |
Single | 82 | 23.2 | |
Divorced | 32 | 9.1 | |
Widowed | 10 | 2.8 | |
Religion | Muslim | 193 | 54.7 |
Christian | 160 | 45.3 | |
Ethnicity | Oromo | 230 | 65.2 |
Amhara | 97 | 27.4 | |
Tigre | 26 | 7.4 | |
Occupation | Merchant | 60 | 17.0 |
House wife | 65 | 18.4 | |
Student | 52 | 14.7 | |
Farmer | 107 | 30.3 | |
Retired | 27 | 7.6 | |
Governmental employee | 38 | 10.8 | |
No work | 4 | 1.10 | |
Educational status | Illiterate | 85 | 24.1 |
Primary school | 153 | 43.3 | |
Secondary school | 77 | 21.8 | |
Diploma and above | 38 | 10.8 | |