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Table 1 Socio-demographic data of adult diabetic patients in Dire Dawa public hospitals 2018, (n = 506)

From: Self- care practices and associated factors among adult diabetic patients in public hospitals of Dire Dawa administration, Eastern Ethiopia

Characteristics

Alternative response

Frequency

 

No

%

Sex

Male

227

44.9

Female

279

55.1

Ethnicity

Amhara

217

42.9

Oromo

190

37.5

Tigre

17

3.4

Gurgie

53

10.5

Somali

29

5.7

Religion

Orthodox

287

56.7

Muslim

170

33.6

Protestant

47

9.3

Other

2

.4

Marital status

Married

276

54.5

Single

71

14

Widowed

53

10.5

Separated

106

20.9

Level of education

Cannot read cannot write

130

25.7

Read and write

70

13.8

Primary school

101

20

Secondary school

120

23.7

College and above

85

16.8

Occupation

Self-employed

172

34

Employed

105

20.8

Unemployed

161

31.8

Student

26

5.1

Housewife

42

8.3

Wealth index

Low

170

33.6

Medium

193

38.1

High

143

28.3