Table 1 Socio demographic characteristic of married men in Dangila town administration, Northwest Ethiopia, June – July 2014
Socio demographic characteristic | Number (%) |
|---|---|
Age (in years) | |
• 21–30 | 167 (19.2) |
• 31–40 | 325 (37.3) |
• 41–50 | 233 (26.7) |
• >50 | 147 (16.8) |
Ethnicity | |
• Amhara | 496 (56.9) |
• Awi | 361 (41.4) |
• Othersa | 15 (1.7) |
Religion | |
• Orthodox | 796 (91.3) |
• Muslim | 56 (6.4) |
• Protestant | 20 (2.3) |
Educational status | |
• Can’t read and write | 108 (12.4) |
• Read and write | 112 (12.8) |
• Primary | 69 (7.9) |
• Secondary | 145 (16.6) |
• Above secondary | 438 (50.2) |
Number of live children | |
• No child | 79 (9.1) |
• One to three | 546 (62.6) |
• Four or more children | 247 (28.3) |
Occupation | |
• Farmer | 198 (22.7) |
• Merchant | 154 (17.7) |
• Gov’t employee | 424 (48.6) |
• Otherb | 96 (11.0) |
Residence | |
• Rural | 198 (22.7) |
• Urban | 674 (77.3) |