Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants
Variables | Health center | Total, n (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Modjo | Meki | Batu | Bulbula | Shashemene | ||
Residence | ||||||
Rural | 50 | 58 | 61 | 119 | 46 | 334 (41%) |
Urban | 119 | 117 | 119 | 28 | 93 | 476 (59%) |
Sex | ||||||
Female | 70 | 92 | 86 | 81 | 68 | 397 (49%) |
Male | 99 | 83 | 94 | 66 | 71 | 413 (51%) |
Age | ||||||
15–24 | 78 | 46 | 83 | 48 | 58 | 313 (39%) |
25–34 | 58 | 80 | 66 | 48 | 47 | 299 (37%) |
35–44 | 24 | 44 | 24 | 37 | 13 | 142 (17%) |
> 45 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 56 (7%) |
Educational status | ||||||
No formal education | 33 | 61 | 39 | 76 | 38 | 247 (30%) |
Grade 4 | 28 | 33 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 103 (13%) |
Grade 5–8 | 32 | 35 | 47 | 42 | 17 | 173 (21%) |
> Grade 8 | 76 | 46 | 68 | 22 | 75 | 287 (35%) |
Marital status | ||||||
Married | 99 | 103 | 93 | 105 | 60 | 460 (57%) |
Single | 70 | 58 | 80 | 41 | 74 | 323 (40%) |
Others | 0 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 27 (3%) |
Religion | ||||||
Muslim | 15 | 44 | 84 | 125 | 57 | 325 (40%) |
Christian | 154 | 131 | 96 | 22 | 82 | 485 (60%) |
Occupation | ||||||
Farmer | 35 | 69 | 48 | 85 | 11 | 248 (31%) |
House wife | 25 | 30 | 26 | 15 | 24 | 120 (15%) |
Daily laborer | 27 | 8 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 67 (8%) |
Gov. employee | 21 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 17 | 73 (9%) |
NGO employee | 28 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 51 | 97 (12%) |
Trader | 5 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 42 (5%) |
Student | 28 | 28 | 44 | 36 | 27 | 163 (20%) |
Type of roof | ||||||
Thatched | 32 | 36 | 34 | 64 | 17 | 183 (23%) |
Corrugated iron | 137 | 139 | 146 | 83 | 122 | 627 (77%) |