Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of households having ill/injured member of the family in the community of Tsegedie woreda, northern Ethiopia, April, 2016 (n = 418)
Variables | Description | Number (%) |
|---|---|---|
Sex of household head | Male | 289(69.1) |
Female | 129(31.9) | |
Ethnicity: | Tigray | 327(78.2) |
Amhara | 91(22.8) | |
Religion: | Orthodox | 387(92.6) |
Muslim | 29 (6.9) | |
Others | 2(0.5) | |
Marital status: | Married | 286(68.4) |
Not married | 32 (7.7) | |
Divorced | 80(19.1) | |
Widowed | 20 (4.8) | |
Occupational status of HHd: | Farmer | 177(42.3) |
Merchant | 57(13.6) | |
Civil servant | 45(10.8) | |
Daily laborer | 108(25.8) | |
Private employed | 27 (6.5) | |
Housewife | 4 (0.9) | |
Educational status of HHd: | No formal education | 219 (52.4) |
Primary school | 128 (30.6) | |
Secondary school | 38 (9) | |
Above secondary school | 33 (7.9) |