Variables | Category | Frequency | Percent (%) |
Age | 39.71 (±14.94) | ||
Sex | Female | 191 | 46.4 |
Male | 221 | 53.6 | |
Residence | Urban | 193 | 46.8 |
Rural | 219 | 53.2 | |
Marital status | Married | 165 | 40.0 |
Single | 166 | 40.3 | |
Divorced | 39 | 9.5 | |
Widowed | 26 | 6.3 | |
Separated | 16 | 3.9 | |
Ethnicity | Amhara | 174 | 42.23 |
Oromo | 178 | 43.20 | |
Gurage | 40 | 9.70 | |
Others* | 20 | 4.85 | |
Religion | Orthodox | 221 | 53.64 |
Protestant | 88 | 21.36 | |
Muslim | 73 | 17.71 | |
Other† | 21 | 6.64 | |
Educational level | Unable to read and write | 62 | 15.0 |
Can read and write only | 82 | 19.9 | |
Primary school | 86 | 20.9 | |
Secondary school | 89 | 21.6 | |
College or university graduate | 93 | 22.6 | |
Jobs | Farmer | 126 | 30.6 |
Governmental employer | 48 | 11.7 | |
Private | 70 | 17.0 | |
Merchant | 61 | 14.8 | |
Others‡ | 107 | 26.0 |
*Others- sulite, Gamo.
†others- jobless.
‡others: Catholic, jovah, wakefata.