Research Article
Assessment of Quality of Life of Epileptic Patients in Ethiopia
Table 1
Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants, UoGRH, 2017.
| Variables | Categories | Frequency() | Percent (%) |
| Age | 18–25 | 167 | 47.2 | 26–44 | 150 | 42.4 | >45 | 37 | 10.5 |
| Sex | Male | 216 | 61.0 | Female | 138 | 39.0 |
| Marital status | Single | 224 | 63.3 | Married | 89 | 25.1 | Divorced | 31 | 8.8 | Widowed | 10 | 2.8 |
| Religion | Orthodox | 317 | 89.7 | Protestant | 7 | 1.9 | Muslim | 28 | 7.9 | Jehovah | 2 | .5 |
| Educational status | Illiterate | 107 | 30.2 | Primary school | 111 | 31.4 | Secondary school | 84 | 23.7 | Diploma and above | 52 | 14.7 |
| Residency | Rural | 145 | 41.0 | Urban | 209 | 59.0 |
| House hold income | <22 | 114 | 32.2 | 22–66$ | 136 | 38.4 | 66.1–132$ | 72 | 20.3 | 132.1–220$ | 24 | 6.8 | ≥220.1$ | 8 | 2.3 |
| Occupation | Unemployed | 54 | 15.3 | House wife | 28 | 7.9 | Merchant or private worker | 53 | 15.0 | Student | 96 | 27.1 | Daily laborer | 25 | 7.1 | Farmer | 56 | 15.8 | Others | 42 | 11.9 | Purchase | 212 | 59.9 |
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∗$ = USD (United States Dollar).
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