Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of FSWs in Dima district, Southwest Ethiopia; 2019 (N = 449)
Variables | Response | Frequency | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Age | 16–19 | 179 | 39.9 |
20–24 | 165 | 36.7 | |
>  = 25 | 105 | 23.4 | |
Religion | Orthodox | 242 | 53.9 |
Muslim | 100 | 22.3 | |
Protestant | 100 | 22.3 | |
Others | 7 | 1.6 | |
Marital status | Single | 384 | 85.5 |
Married | 10 | 2.2 | |
Divorced | 52 | 11.6 | |
Widowed | 3 | 0.7 | |
Educational status | No formal education | 36 | 8 |
Primary Education | 326 | 72.6 | |
Secondary Education or above | 87 | 18.4 | |
Number of Costumers served a day | 1 | 433 | 96.4 |
2 | 16 | 3.6 | |
Additional source of income | Yes | 35 | 7.8 |
No | 414 | 92.2 | |
Additional income generating type of work(n = 35) | Waitress | 16 | 45.7 |
Daily labor | 13 | 37.1 | |
Others | 6 | 17.1 |