Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants in Hawassa city, South Ethiopia, 2019 (N = 660)
Variable | Categories | number | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Age | 15–19 | 116 | 17.6 |
20–36 | 481 | 72.9 | |
37–49 | 63 | 9.5 | |
Marital status | Single | 216 | 32.2 |
Married | 433 | 65.6 | |
Others | 11 | 2.2 | |
Religion | Protestant | 403 | 61.1 |
Orthodox | 195 | 29.5 | |
Musilim | 41 | 6.2 | |
Others | 21 | 3.2 | |
Ethnicity | Sidama | 387 | 58.6 |
Amhara | 109 | 16.5 | |
Wolaita | 64 | 9.7 | |
Others | 100 | 15.2 | |
Educational level | No formal education | 44 | 6.4 |
Primary level | 235 | 34.2 | |
Secondary level | 219 | 31.9 | |
Higher/university level | 162 | 24.5 | |
Occupation | Housewife | 293 | 44.4 |
Government employer | 66 | 10.0 | |
Merchant | 57 | 8.6 | |
Daily employer | 244 | 37.0 |