Sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, 2022 (n=628)
Variables | Category | Frequencies | Percentage |
Age (in complete years) | >30 | 194 | 30.9 |
20–30 | 345 | 54.9 | |
<20 | 89 | 14.2 | |
Residence | Urban | 408 | 65 |
Rural | 220 | 35 | |
Level of education (women) | No formal education | 152 | 24.2 |
Primary (1–8) | 207 | 33 | |
High school (9–10) | 132 | 21 | |
Preparatory and diploma | 95 | 15.1 | |
Degree and above | 42 | 6.7 | |
Marital status | Married | 571 | 90.9 |
Single | 36 | 5.7 | |
Divorced | 13 | 2.1 | |
Widow | 8 | 1.3 | |
Level of education (husband, n=571) | No formal education | 95 | 16.6 |
Primary (1–8) | 147 | 25.7 | |
High school (9 10) | 155 | 27.1 | |
Preparatory and diploma | 129 | 22.6 | |
Degree and above | 45 | 7.9 | |
Occupation | House wife | 321 | 51.1 |
Merchant | 164 | 26.1 | |
Private employee | 100 | 15.9 | |
Public employee | 43 | 6.8 | |
Monthly income | <US$100 | 174 | 27.7 |
US$100–US$150 | 380 | 60.5 | |
>US$150 | 74 | 11.8 | |
Religion | Muslim | 289 | 46 |
Orthodox | 213 | 33.9 | |
Protestant | 103 | 16.4 | |
Catholic | 23 | 3.7 |