Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of nurses working in government hospitals, eastern Ethiopia, 2021 (n = 603)

Age

 ≤ 25

77

12.8

26–35

374

62.0

 ≥ 36

152

25.2

Sex

Female

350

58

Male

253

42

Marital status

Single

210

34.8

Married

369

61.2

Co-habiting

1

.2

Separated/divorced

20

3.3

Widowed

3

.5

Religion

Muslim

169

28.0

Orthodox

304

50.4

Protestant

113

18.7

Other^a

17

2.8

Ethnicity

Oromo

243

40.3

Amhara

221

36.7

Harari

25

4.1

Other^b

114

18.9

Educational status

Diploma

91

15.1

Bachler

495

82.1

Masters

17

2.8