Table 1 Distribution of adult patients by socio-demographic factors attending medical OPD at Worabe Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, 2018 (n = 406)
Variables | Categories | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Age in years | 18–30 | 184 | 45.3 |
31–40 | 92 | 22.7 | |
41–50 | 60 | 15 | |
> 50 | 70 | 17 | |
Residence | Urban | 158 | 38.9 |
Rural | 248 | 61.1 | |
Gender | Male | 207 | 51 |
Female | 199 | 49 | |
Religion | Muslim | 338 | 83.3 |
Orthodox | 56 | 13.8 | |
Protestant | 12 | 3 | |
Ethnicity | Silte | 328 | 80.8 |
Gurage | 38 | 9.4 | |
Amhara | 22 | 5.4 | |
Others | 18 | 4.4 | |
Marital status | Married | 251 | 61.8 |
Single | 119 | 29.3 | |
Divorced | 10 | 2.5 | |
Widowed | 26 | 6.4 | |
Educational status | Unable to read and write | 112 | 27.6 |
Primary education | 127 | 31.3 | |
Secondary education | 51 | 12.6 | |
College diploma | 73 | 18 | |
Degree and above | 43 | 10.6 | |
Occupation | Employed | 353 | 86.9 |
Unemployed | 53 | 13.1 | |
Monthly income (birr) | < 1539 | 252 | 62.1 |
≥ 1539 | 154 | 37.9 |