Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of PTB patients in Ethiopian Somali region, June to November, 2014
Variable (n = 380) | Frequency (%) | |
|---|---|---|
Sex | Female | 142 (37.4) |
Male | 238 (62.6) | |
Age Group | 16 – 30 | 215 (56.6) |
31 – 45 | 84 (22.1) | |
45+ | 81 (21.3) | |
Residence | Rural | 283 (74.5) |
Urban | 97 (25.5) | |
Marital status | Single | 107 (28.2) |
Married | 245 (64.5) | |
Divorced | 10 (2.6) | |
Widowed | 17 (4.5) | |
Separated | 1 (0.3) | |
Educational status | No school/illiterate | 276 (72.6) |
Read and write | 29 (7.6) | |
Primary | 46 (12.1) | |
Secondary | 21 (5.5) | |
College and above | 8 (2.1) | |
Occupation | Pastoralist | 181 (47.7) |
Agro-pastoralist | 21 (5.5) | |
Gov. employee | 21 (5.5) | |
House wife | 18 (4.7) | |
Daily laborer | 41 (10.8) | |
Merchant | 30 (7.9) | |
Others | 68 (17.9) | |
Income (ETB) | Less than 500 | 125 (32.9) |
500 – 1000 | 68 (17.9) | |
1000 – 1500 | 79 (20.8) | |
Above 1500 | 108 (28.4) | |
Family Role | Husband | 143 (37.6) |
Wife | 108 (28.4) | |
Child | 121 (31.8) | |
Relative | 8 (2.1) | |
Distance from nearest HP | Less than 30 min | 199 (52.4) |
30 – 60 min | 64 (16.8) | |
More than 1 h | 117 (30.8) | |