Table 1 |
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Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants, Dubti and Amibara districts, Afar Region, north east Ethiopia, May 2009 |
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Characteristic |
Dubti; Number (%) |
Amibara; Number (%) |
Total (%) |
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Gender: |
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Female |
162 (41.1) |
195 (46.0) |
357 (43.6) |
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Male |
232 (58.9) |
229 (54.0) |
461 (56.4) |
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Age (years): |
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18-29 |
68 (17.3) |
140 (33.0) |
208 (25.4) |
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30-44 |
227 (57.6) |
190 (44.8) |
417 (51.0) |
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45-59 |
87 (22.1) |
65 (15.3) |
152 (18.6) |
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60+ |
12 (3.0) |
29(6.8) |
41 (5.0) |
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Martial status: |
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Married |
375 (95.7) |
392 (92.5) |
767 (94.0) |
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Other |
17(4.3) |
32 (7.5) |
49 (6.0) |
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Ethnicity: |
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Afar |
394 (100) |
423 (99.8) |
817 (99.9) |
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Other |
0 (0) |
1(0.2) |
1 (0.1) |
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Region: |
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Muslim |
394 (100) |
424 (100) |
818 (100) |
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Occupation: |
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Pastoralist |
260 (66.0) |
326 (76.9) |
586 (71.6) |
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Agro-pastoralist |
134 (34.0) |
98 (23.1) |
232 (28.4) |
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Educational status: |
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Illiterate |
361(91.6) |
392 (92.5) |
753 (92.1) |
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Primary |
19 (4.8) |
11(2.6) |
30 (3.7) |
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Secondary |
4 (1.0) |
2 (0.5) |
6 (0.7) |
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Other (read & write) |
9 (2.3) |
20 (4.7) |
29 (3.5) |
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Legesse et al. BMC Public Health 2011 11:157 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-11-157 |
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