Access to and use gaps of insecticide-treated nets among communities in Jimma Zone, southwestern Ethiopia: baseline results from malaria education interventions

Table 1 Demographic characteristic of the respondents, Jimma, Jan 2014

Demographic characteristics		Frequency	Percent
Districts	Kersa	256	32.1
	Mana	218	27.4
	Goma	324	40.5
Residence	Urban	131	16.4
Residence	Rural	667	83.6
Sex of respondents	Male	401	50.3
Sex of respondents	Female	397	49.7
Marital status	Married	669	83.9
	Widowed	95	11.9
	Others^a	34	4.2
Educational status	Cannot read and write	399	50.0
	Read and write	214	26.8
	Formal education	185	23.2
Religion	Muslim	640	80.2
	Orthodox	144	18.0
	Protestant	14	1.8
Ethnicity	Oromo	650	81.4
	Amhara	58	7.3
	Dawuro	49	6.1
	Others^b	41	5.2
Occupation	Farmer	614	77.0
	Private job	84	10.5
	Government employ	51	6.4
	Merchant	49	6.1

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