Table 1 Socio-demographic profile of study participants from communities of Asosa and Yeki districts, Ethiopia (August 2017–January 2018)
Variable | Asosa | Yeki | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No examined | No positive (%) | No examined | No positive (%) | ||
Gender | Female | 817 (52.1) | 8 (1.0) | 723 (50.4) | 0 |
Male | 750 (47.9) | 17 (2.3) | 712 (49.6) | 0 | |
Age Group (Years) | 15–29 | 710 (45.3) | 1 (0.1) | 625 (43.6) | 0 |
30–44 | 402 (25.7) | 12 (3) | 461 (32.1) | 0 | |
45–60 | 316 (20.2) | 7 (2.2) | 279 (9.4) | 0 | |
> 60 | 139 (8.9) | 5 (3.6) | 70 (4.9) | 0 | |
Ethnicity | Amhara | 670/(42.8) | 0 | 581 (40.5) | 0 |
Berta | 872 (55.7) | 25 (2.9) | – | – | |
Oromo | 13 (0.8) | 0 | 121 (8.4) | 0 | |
Bench | – | – | 79 (5.5) | 0 | |
Kafficho | – | – | 232 (16.2) | 0 | |
Manja | – | – | 138 (9.6) | 0 | |
Majang | – | – | 117 (8.2) | 0 | |
Shakicho | – | – | 60 (4.2) | 0 | |
Sheko | – | – | 99 (6.8) | 0 | |
Other | 12 (0.7) | 0 | 8 (0.6) | 0 | |
Occupation | Farmer | 576 (36.8) | 17 (2.9) | 811 (56.5) | 0 |
Housewife | 601 (38.4) | 8 (1.3) | 401 (27.9) | 0 | |
Student | 340 (21.7) | 0 | 198 (13.8) | 0 | |
Other | 50 (3.1) | 0 | 25 (1.7) | 0 | |