Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of nurses working at public health facilities in Hawassa city, Southern Ethiopia, April, 2014 (n=642)
Variables | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Sex | ||
Male | 238 | 37.1 |
Female | 404 | 62.9 |
Age category | ||
≤25 | 146 | 22.7 |
26-35 | 224 | 34.9 |
36–52 | 272 | 42.4 |
Marital status | ||
Single | 288 | 44.9 |
Married | 321 | 50 |
Separated /Divorced/widowed | 33 | 5.1 |
Religion | ||
Protestant | 300 | 46.7 |
Orthodox | 258 | 40.2 |
Muslim | 63 | 9.8 |
Others | 21 | 3.3 |
Ethnicity | ||
Sidama | 197 | 30.7 |
Hadiya | 144 | 22.4 |
Guraghe | 146 | 22.7 |
Wolayita | 67 | 10.4 |
Amhara | 88 | 13.7 |
Educational status | ||
Diploma | 286 | 44.5 |
Bachelor (BSc) | 356 | 55.5 |