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Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of study participants in Addis Zemen town, South Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia, 2012

From: Knowledge, attitude and practices related to visceral leishmaniasis among residents in Addis Zemen town, South Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia

Variables

Frequency

Percentage (%)

Age

18-25

44

12.7

26-32

95

27.5

33-42

98

28.3

> 42

109

31.5

Sex

Female

210

60.7

Male

136

39.3

Marital status

Single

74

21.4

Married

188

54.3

Widowed

34

9.8

Divorced

50

14.5

Occupation

Farmer

27

7.8

Government employee

109

31.5

Student

33

9.5

House wife

77

22.3

Others

37

10.7

Religion

Orthodox

282

81.5

Muslim

57

16.5

Protestant

6

1.7

Others

1

0.3

Educational status

Unable to read and write

118

34.1

Only read and write

38

11.0

Elementary

43

12.4

Secondary school

42

12.1

12 and above

105

30.3

Ethnicity

Amhara

335

96.8

Tigre

5

1.4

Others

6

1.7

Year of Residency

< 1 years

8

2.3

1-2 years

26

7.5

 

> 3 years

312

90.2