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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents and their households, Gondar Town, 2015

From: A household survey of medicine storage practices in Gondar town, northwestern Ethiopia

Variable

Frequency (%)

Sex

Male

183 (23.7)

Female

588 (76.3)

Age (years)

18–29

315 (40.9)

30–39

177 (23.0)

40–49

127 (16.5)

50–59

68 (8.8)

60+

84 (10.9)

Religion

Orthodox Christianity

565 (73.3)

Islam

159 (20.6)

Protestantism

31 (4.0)

Othersa

16 (2.1)

Ethnicity

Amhara

696 (90.3)

Tigre

47 (6.1)

Othersb

28 (3.6)

Educational status

Can’t read or write

162 (21.0)

Can read and write

87 (11.3)

Primary education

98 (12.7)

Secondary education

249 (32.3)

College/university education

175 (22.7)

Highest education level in family

Reading and writing

26 (3.4)

Primary education

94 (12.2)

Secondary education

234 (30.4)

College/university education

417 (54.1)

Occupation

Not working/unemployed

36 (4.7)

Housewife

311 (40.3)

Student

49 (6.4)

Retiree

30 (3.9)

Government employee

106 (13.7)

Private company employee

95 (12.3)

Merchant

141 (18.3)

Farmer

3 (0.4)

Family’s monthly income (USD)

Up to 50

164 (21.3)

51 to 100

137 (17.8)

101 to 150

110 (14.3)

151 to 200

76 (9.9)

200 to 250

80 (10.4)

>250

56 (7.3)

Not disclosed

148 (19.2)

  1. a Judaism, Catholicism
  2. b Qimant, Oromo