Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of study participants
Variable | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Age | ||
 ≤ 18 | 33 | 3 |
 19–25 | 500 | 45.3 |
 26–30 | 356 | 32.3 |
 31–35 | 156 | 14.1 |
 ≥ 36 | 58 | 5.3 |
Residence | ||
 Urban | 729 | 71.8 |
 Rural | 311 | 28.2 |
Marital status | ||
 Married | 1023 | 92.7 |
 Single | 52 | 4.7 |
 Divorced | 23 | 2.1 |
 Widowed | 5 | 0.5 |
Religion | ||
 Orthodox | 1011 | 91.7 |
 Muslim | 79 | 7.2 |
 Catholic | 5 | 0.5 |
 Protestant | 8 | 0.7 |
Educational level | ||
 No education | 283 | 25.7 |
 Read and write | 99 | 9 |
 Primary school | 254 | 23 |
 Secondary school and above | 467 | 42.3 |
Occupation | ||
 House wife | 729 | 66.1 |
 Government employee | 157 | 14.2 |
 Nongovernmental employee | 34 | 3.1 |
 Private organization | 147 | 13.3 |
 Daily laborer | 17 | 1.5 |
 Other | 19 | 1.7 |
Ethnicity | ||
 Tigray | 1088 | 98.6 |
 Amahara | 13 | 1.2 |
 Other | 2 | 0.2 |
Monthly income (birr) | ||
 ≤ 500 |  | 4.5 |
 501–1500 | 64 | 5.8 |
 1501–3000 | 310 | 28.1 |
 3001–5000 | 351 | 31.8 |
 5001–1000 | 203 | 18.4 |
 ≥ 10,001 | 153 | 13.9 |