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Table 3 Sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents among outpatient attendants (N = 1045

From: Effect of hospital attributes on patient preference among outpatient attendants in Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia: discrete choice experiment study

Characteristics

Number

Percent

Age

18–34

494

47.3

35–64

520

49.8

 > 64

31

2.9

Sex

Male

586

56.1

Female

459

43.9

Marital status

Married

777

74.4

Single

196

18.8

Widowed

57

5.4

Divorced/separated

15

1.4

Educational status

Do not read and write

147

14

Read and write

324

31

Primary education

60

5.7

Secondary education

155

14.8

Diploma and above

359

34.5

Occupation

Employed

315

30.1

Merchant

250

23.9

Farmer

264

25.3

Daily laborer

76

7.3

Student

91

8.7

Housewife

49

4.7

Residence

Urban

608

58.2

Rural

437

41.8

Payment status

Paying

642

61.4

Insured

403

38.6

Type of hospital patient visited

Public Hospital

749

71.7

Private Hospital

296

28.3

Frequency of visit to the hospital

First visit

440

42.1

More than one times

605

57.9