Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants (n = 799)
From: A survey of knowledge and attitudes relating to cervical and breast cancer among women in Ethiopia
Number | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
Age | ||
< 20 | 51 | 6.4 |
20–29 | 303 | 37.9 |
30–39 | 244 | 30.5 |
40–49 | 132 | 16.5 |
50–59 | 55 | 6.9 |
60+ | 14 | 1.8 |
Marital status | ||
Married | 596 | 74.6 |
Single | 108 | 13.5 |
Divorced | 64 | 8.0 |
Widowed | 31 | 3.9 |
Occupation | ||
Housewife | 489 | 61.2 |
Employed/self-employed | 211 | 26.4 |
Unemployed | 57 | 7.1 |
Student | 42 | 5.3 |
Education | ||
Non-literate | 347 | 43.4 |
Primary education | 184 | 23.0 |
High school | 108 | 13.5 |
Read and write | 107 | 13.4 |
Diploma | 34 | 4.3 |
Technical | 15 | 1.9 |
University degree | 4 | 0.5 |
Religion | ||
Orthodox Christian | 452 | 56.6 |
Protestant or Catholic | 212 | 26.5 |
Muslim | 134 | 16.8 |
Other | 1 | 0.1 |