Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents (n = 189)
Variables | Category | n (%) |
|---|---|---|
Sex | Male | 87 (46.0) |
Female | 102 (54.0) | |
Age (in years) | <15 | 43 (22.8) |
15–19 | 16 (8.5) | |
20–24 | 34 (18.0) | |
25–29 | 30 (15.9) | |
30–34 | 17 (9.0) | |
35–39 | 13 (6.9) | |
40–44 | 8 (4.2) | |
45–49 | 8 (4.2) | |
50–54 | 8 (4.2) | |
55–59 | 7 (3.7) | |
≥60 | 5 (2.6) | |
Marital Status | Single | 43 (22.8) |
Married | 119 (63.0) | |
Divorced | 17 (9.0) | |
Widowed | 10 (5.3) | |
Living status | Alone | 28 (14.8) |
Live with others | 161 (85.2) | |
Educational Status | No formal education | 78 (41.3) |
Primary school | 35 (18.5) | |
Secondary school | 39 (20.6) | |
5 (2.6) | ||
Vocational or certificate | 13 (6.9) | |
Diploma and above | 19 (10.1) | |
Occupational status | Government employee | 20 (10.6) |
Merchant | 12 (6.3) | |
Farmer | 74 (39.2) | |
Jobless | 21 (11.1) | |
Student | 26 (13.8) | |
Others | 36 (19.0) | |
Residence | Urban | 80 (42.3) |
Rural | 109 (57.7) | |
Payment status | Paying | 64 (33.9) |
Free | 125 (66.1) | |
Frequency of visit | New visit | 144 (76.2) |
Repeat visit | 45 (23.8) | |
Religion | Muslim | 95 (50.3) |
Orthodox | 63 (33.3) | |
Protestant | 30 (15.9) | |
Others | 1 (0.5) | |
Ethnicity | Oromo | 104 (55.0) |
Amhara | 25 (13.2) | |
Keffa | 22 (11.6) | |
Gurage | 15 (7.9) | |
Tigre | 7 (3.7) | |
Others | 16 (8.5) | |
Hospital stay | <1Â day | 15 (7.9) |
1–3 days | 56 (29.6) | |
>3Â days | 118 (62.4) | |
Ward | Medical | 36 (19.0) |
Surgical | 50 (26.5) | |
Pediatrics | 40 (21.2) | |
Maternity | 17 (9.0) | |
Gynecology | 18 (9.5) | |
Psychiatry | 12 (6.3) | |
Ophthalmology | 16 (8.5) |