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Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of respondents

From: Epidemiology of self-medication with modern medicines among health care professionals in Nekemte town, western Ethiopia

Variables

Number (n = 154)

Percentage

Gender

 Male

73

47

 Female

81

53

Age

 20–29

76

49

 30–39

54

31.5

 > 39

24

15.6

Years of practice

≤  5

62

40

 5–10

56

37

 ≥ 10

36

23

Marital status

 Unmarried

105

68.2

 Married

49

31.8

Field of practice

 Medical

13

8.4

 Nurses

88

57.1

 Pharmacy

13

8.4

 Othera

40

26

  1. Othera: Includes laboratory personnel, health officer, sanitarians, and anesthetics
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