Table 1 Socio-demographic information of study participants in Gondar town, northwest Ethiopia, March–April 2017
Socio-demographic variables | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Sex | ||
 Male | 1567 | 46.0 |
 Female | 1838 | 54.0 |
Age | ||
 < 15 years | 644 | 18.9 |
 15–64 years | 2620 | 76.9 |
 > 64 years | 141 | 4.1 |
Educational status | ||
 Underage | 171 | 5.0 |
 Kindergarten | 123 | 3.6 |
 Cannot read and write | 238 | 7.0 |
 Can read and write | 439 | 12.9 |
 Primary education | 589 | 17.3 |
 Secondary education | 913 | 26.8 |
 College or university | 932 | 27.4 |
Marital status | ||
 Underage | 629 | 18.5 |
 Currently engaged | 1385 | 40.7 |
 Currently not engaged | 1391 | 40.9 |
Occupational status | ||
 Underage | 82 | 2.4 |
 Student | 1072 | 31.5 |
 Unemployed | 220 | 6.5 |
 Civil servant | 609 | 17.9 |
 Self employed | 1179 | 34.6 |
 Retired | 243 | 7.1 |
Economic status | ||
 Poor | 2023 | 59.4 |
 Rich | 1382 | 40.6 |