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) | |