Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of mining workers in Sali traditional gold mining site Bench Maji Zone South West Ethiopia, February 2012 n = 393
Variables | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Age | ||
15-19 | 53 | 13.5 |
20-24 | 185 | 47.1 |
25-34 | 134 | 34.1 |
35 and above | 21 | 5.3 |
Religion | ||
Orthodox | 182 | 46.3 |
Muslim | 108 | 27.5 |
Protestant | 88 | 22.4 |
Others | 15 | 3.8 |
Ethnic group | ||
Amhara | 167 | 42.5 |
Oromo | 59 | 15.0 |
Walayita | 53 | 13.5 |
Hadiya | 51 | 13.0 |
Gurage | 46 | 11.7 |
Others | 17 | 4.3 |
Marital status | ||
Single | 271 | 69.0 |
Married | 105 | 26.7 |
Divorced | 32 | 2.5 |
widowed | 26 | 1.8 |
Monthly income * | ||
Lower | 99 | 25.2 |
Middle | 98 | 24.9 |
Higher | 117 | 29.8 |
Highest | 79 | 20.1 |
Educational status | ||
can’t read and write | 35 | 8.9 |
Primary school | 142 | 36.1 |
Secondary school | 193 | 49.1 |
Tertiary | 23 | 5.9 |