Table 1 Characteristics of study participants and relative percentages in the Ethiopian population
| Â | Number of study participants | Â | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Overall | Remote | Rural | Urban | Â |
Variable* | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | Ethiopia (%) [24] |
Total | |||||
|  | 938 (100.0) | 400 (42.6) | 326 (34.8) | 212 (22.6) | – |
Age | |||||
 < 10 years | 382 (40.7) | 160 (40) | 137 (42) | 85 (40.1) | 27.3 |
 10–19 years | 198 (21.1) | 85 (21.2) | 66 (20.2) | 47 (22.2) | 24.1 |
 20–29 years | 92 (9.8) | 40 (10) | 32 (9.8) | 20 (9.4) | 18.4 |
 30–39 years | 117 (12.5) | 50 (12.5) | 42 (12.9) | 25 (11.8) | 12.0 |
 40–49 years | 59 (6.3) | 26 (6.5) | 18 (5.5) | 15 (7.1) | 7.9 |
 50–59 years | 40 (4.3) | 17 (4.2) | 13 (4) | 10 (4.7) | 4.9 |
 60 years + | 50 (5.3) | 22 (5.5) | 18 (5.5) | 10 (4.7) | 5.3 |
Occupation | |||||
 Pre-school | 309 (32.9) | 129 (32.2) | 109 (33.4) | 71 (33.5) | – |
 Student | 226 (24.1) | 85 (21.2) | 87 (26.7) | 54 (25.5) | – |
 Manual/office/shop worker | 62 (6.6) | 5 (1.2) | 30 (9.2) | 27 (12.7) | – |
 Housewife | 137 (14.6) | 66 (16.5) | 47 (14.4) | 24 (11.3) | – |
 Agriculture** | 112 (11.9) | 84 (21) | 25 (7.7) | 3 (1.4) | – |
 Unemployed/retired | 44 (4.7) | 9 (2.3) | 12 (3.7) | 23 (10.8) | – |
 Other | 48 (5.1) | 22 (5.5) | 16 (4.9) | 10 (4.7) | – |
Sex | |||||
 Female | 478 (51) | 206 (51.5) | 170 (52.1) | 102 (48.1) | 50.0 |
 Male | 460 (49) | 194 (48.5) | 156 (47.9) | 110 (51.9) | 50.0 |