Prevalence, Antimicrobial Resistance, and Associated Factors of Streptococcus pneumoniae Colonization Rate among Old-Age Patients with Respiratory Tract Infection Attending Sheik Hassan Yebere Referral and Karamara General Hospitals, Jigjiga, Ethiopia

Table 1

Socio-demographic characteristics of old-aged patients attending Sheik Hassan Yebere referral and Karamara General Hospitals Jigjiga, Ethiopia, 2020 (N = 188).

Variables	Category	Frequency	Percentage
Age	60–64	66	35.1
	65–69	57	30.3
	70–74	27	14.4
	≥75	38	20.2
Sex	Male	115	61.2
	Female	73	38.8
Religion	Muslim	136	72.3
	Orthodox	44	23.4
	Protestant	7	3.7
	Catholic	1	0.5
Ethnicity	Somale	125	66.5
	Amhara	32	17.0
	Oromo	17	9.0
	Gurage	6	3.2
	Tigre	7	3.7
	Others	1	0.5
Educational status	Illiterate	111	59.0
	Primary	55	29.3
	Secondary	12	6.4
	College/University	10	5.3
Marital status	Married	141	75.0
	Widowed	37	19.7
	Divorced	9	4.8
	Single	1	0.5
Occupation	Farmer	45	23.9
	Merchant	43	22.8
	Housewife	39	20.7
	Government employee	12	6.4
	On pension	26	13.8
	Unemployed	23	12.2
Household members	Less than or equal to 5	52	27.7
	6–10	128	68.1
	>10	8	4.3