Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of participants of Focus group discussion and interviews in Metema -Abuderafie, 2019
FGD participants | Interview participants | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristics | N | % | Characteristics | N | % |
Total | 187 | 100 | Â | 16 | 100 |
Gender | Gender | ||||
Male | 187 | 100 | Male | 15 | 93.7 |
Female | Â | Â | Female | 1 | 6.3 |
Age (mean (SD) | Age (mean (SD) | ||||
23 (±4.66) | 31(±6.75) | ||||
Type of participants | Type of participants | ||||
Students | 55 | 29.4 | Health office heads | 2 | 12.5 |
Farmers | 114 | 60.9 | Health extension worker | 1 | 6.3 |
Forest workers | 7 | 3.7 | Malaria and vector born officer | 1 | 6.3 |
Milisha | 8 | 4.4 | Public health officers | 1 | 6.3 |
Others | 3 | 1.6 | Farm (owners, managers, and leaders) | 11 | 68.6 |
Ethnicity | Ethnicity | ||||
Amhara | 171 | 91.4 | Amhara | 10 | 62.5 |
Tigray | 13 | 7.0 | Tigray | 6 | 37.5 |
Oromo | 3 | 1.6 | Oromo | Â | Â |
Religion | Religion | ||||
Orthodox Christian | 178 | 95.2 | Orthodox Christian | 15 | 93.7 |
Muslim | 9 | 4.8 | Muslim | 1 | 6.3 |
Leishmaniasis endemicity at the permanent resident | Leishmaniasis endemicity at the permanent resident | ||||
Low land endemic areas | 20 | 10.7 | Low land endemic areas | 11 | 68.7 |
High land endemic areas | 167 | 89.3 | High land endemic areas | 5 | 31.3 |
Educational status | Educational status | ||||
Non formal education | 82 | 43.9 | Non formal education | 1 | 6.3 |
Formal education | 105 | 56.1 | Formal education | 15 | 93.7 |