Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the population of Dabat HDSS, northwest Ethiopia, October-December 2014 (NÂ =Â 67,395)
Variables | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Sex | ||
 Male  Female | 33,181 34,214 | 49.23 50.77 |
Age in years | ||
  ≤ 14  15 to 49   ≥ 50 | 28,956 29,807 8630 | 42.97 44.23 12.81 |
Residence | ||
 Rural  Urban | 50,769 16,835 | 75.10 24.9 |
Marital status | ||
 Under 10 years old  Married  Single  Divorced  Widowed  Separated  Cohabiting | 20,089 21,814 19,746 2390 2369 917 68 | 29.81 32.37 29.30 3.55 3.52 1.36 0.10 |
Religion | ||
 Orthodox  Muslim  Othersa | 64,940 2444 11 | 96.36 3.63 0.01 |
Ethnicity | ||
 Amhara  Tigre  Othersb | 67,294 84 17 | 99.85 0.12 0.02 |
Education | ||
 Not on education (<7 years)  Unable to read and write  Read and write  Grade 1–4  Grade 5–6  Grade 7–8  Grade 9–10  Grade 11–12  Grade 12 and above | 13,672 21,149 5541 10,960 4560 3590 4375 1957 1591 | 20.29 31.38 8.22 16.26 6.77 5.33 6.49 2.90 2.36 |
Doing work related physical activity | ||
 Never  Sometimes  Most of the time | 4498 16,414 16,872 | 12.00 43.00 45.00 |
Occupation | ||
 No occupation(under 10 years)  Students  Farmers  Employed permanent  Private job  Job seeker  Merchant  House maid  Employed contract  Retired  Others(housewife, shepherd, disabled) | 20,436 13,955 12,647 1951 1167 1056 656 623 328 296 33 | 38.45 26.26 23.80 3.67 2.20 1.99 1.23 1.17 0.62 0.56 0.05 |
Location | ||
 Low land  High land | 22,380 45,015 | 33.2 66.8 |
Relation to the HH head | ||
 HH head  Housewife  Son/daughter  Sister/brother  Mother/father  Grandson/granddaughter  Other relative  Other non-relative | 16,082 10,542 34,702 538 310 3095 1196 930 | 23.86 15.64 51.49 0.80 0.46 4.59 1.77 1.38 |
Family size | ||
 1–4  5–9  10–15 | 24,512 41,667 1250 | 36.35 61.79 1.85 |
Wealth status | ||
 Poorest quintile  Second quintile  Third quintile  Fourth quintile  Richest Quintile | 9475 11,344 13,031 14,593 16,577 | 14.58 17.45 20.05 22.45 25.47 |