Ecological Conditions and Ecosystem Services of Artificial Wetlands in Semiarid Ethiopian Highlands

Table 2

Background information of the participants of the study.

Family size
Study site	total
	1–2		3–4		5–6			7–8			>8
	n	(%)	n	(%)	n	(%)		n	(%)		n		(%)
Washa	6	13.0	7	15.2	17	36.9		15	32.6		1		2.2
Borale	5	10.2	21	42.8	16	32.6		6	12.2		1		2.0
Total	11	11.6	28	29.5	33	34.7		21	22.1		2		2.1
	Age categories										Total
	20–30		>30–45		>45–60			>60			n		%
	n (%)		n (%)		n (%)			n (%)
Washa	1 (2.2%)		6 (13%)		32 (69.5%)			7 (15.2)			46		100
Borale	5 (10.2%)		21 (42.8%)		20 (40.8%)			3 (6.1%)			46		100
Total	6 (6.3%)		27 (28.4%)		52 (54.7%)			10 (10.5%)			95		100
Educational status												Total
Illiterate		Who can read and write		Grade		Grade		Grade		Higher education		n	%
				1–4		5–8		9–12
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Washa	3	6.5	7	15.2	15	32.6	13	28.3	7	15.2	1	2.2	46	100
Borale	17	34.7	13	26.5	6	11.2	8	16.3	4	8.2	1	2.1	49	100
G. total	20	21	20	21	21	22.1	21	22.1	11	11.6	2	2.1	95	100