Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of adult patients with lower respiratory tract infection at HUCSH, 2019
Variables | Frequency | Percent (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Male | 246 | 60.6 |
Female | 160 | 39.4 | |
Age (year) | 18–35 | 235 | 57.9 |
36–49 | 93 | 22.9 | |
50–64 | 51 | 12.6 | |
> 65 | 27 | 6.7 | |
Residence | Rural | 181 | 44.6 |
Urban | 225 | 55.4 | |
Education status | No formal education | 142 | 35.0 |
1–8 grade | 141 | 34.7 | |
9–12 grade | 70 | 17.2 | |
Diploma & above | 53 | 13.1 | |
Marital status | Single | 104 | 25.6 |
Married | 302 | 74.4 | |
Occupation | Farmer | 89 | 21.9 |
Government | 43 | 10.6 | |
Private | 93 | 22.9 | |
Housewife | 112 | 27.6 | |
Student | 52 | 12.8 | |
Jobless | 17 | 4.2 | |
Monthly income (Ethiopian birr) | < 1000 | 126 | 31.0 |
1000–2000 | 79 | 19.5 | |
2001–3000 | 118 | 29.1 | |
3001–5000 | 52 | 12.8 | |
> 5000 | 19 | 4.7 | |
No monthly income | 12 | 3.0 | |