Research Article
Dietary Practice among Type 2 Diabetic Ppatients in Southern Ethiopia
Table 1
Sociodemographic and economic characteristics of diabetic patients attending follow-up at Arba Minch General Hospital, South Ethiopia, 2020 (n = 352).
| Variables | Categories | Frequency (n = 352) | Percent |
| Age | <40 | 75 | 21.3 | 40–60 | 211 | 59.9 | >60 | 66 | 18.8 |
| Sex | Male | 197 | 56.0 | Female | 155 | 44.0 |
| Residence | Urban | 287 | 81.5 | Rural | 65 | 18.5 |
| Marital status | Single | 26 | 7.4 | Married | 255 | 72.4 | Widowed | 33 | 9.4 | Divorced | 38 | 10.8 |
| Educational status | No formal education | 106 | 30.1 | Primary education | 73 | 20.7 | Secondary and above | 173 | 49.1 |
| Occupation | Unemployed | 133 | 37.8 | Government employed | 117 | 33.2 | Private employed | 102 | 29.0 |
| Household wealth | Low | 117 | 33.24 | Middle | 118 | 33.52 | High | 117 | 33.24 |
| Family support | Yes | 111 | 31.5 | No | 241 | 68.5 |
| Food security | Secure | 128 | 36.4 | Mild | 120 | 34.1 | Moderate | 104 | 29.5 |
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