Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of diabetic patients on followup at public hospitals of Arsi zone, southeast Ethiopia, 2017 (n = 299)
Variables | Category | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Male | 183 | 61.2 |
Female | 116 | 38.8 | |
Age | 18–24 | 63 | 21.1 |
25–34 | 70 | 23.4 | |
35–44 | 56 | 18.7 | |
45–54 | 48 | 16.1 | |
55–64 | 37 | 12.4 | |
 > 65 | 25 | 8.4 | |
Religion | Muslim | 142 | 47.5 |
Orthodox christian | 132 | 44.1 | |
Protestant | 22 | 7.4 | |
Catholic | 3 | 1.0 | |
Educational status | Cannot read and write | 65 | 21.7 |
Can read and write | 38 | 12.8 | |
Elementary | 41 | 13.7 | |
High school | 21 | 7.0 | |
College and above | 134 | 44.8 | |
Marital status | Single | 86 | 28.7 |
Married | 202 | 67.3 | |
Divorced | 7 | 2.3 | |
Widowed | 4 | 1.7 | |
Monthly income | Low | 158 | 52.8 |
Medium | 42 | 14.0 | |
High | 99 | 33.1 | |
Occupation | Farmer | 162 | 54.0 |
Private business | 55 | 18.3 | |
Student | 46 | 15.3 | |
Employed | 36 | 12.0 | |
Place of residence | Urban | 130 | 43.3 |
Rural | 169 | 56.7 |