Research Article
Self-Medication Practice in Limmu Genet, Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia: Does Community Based Health Insurance Scheme Have an Influence?
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents (head of the household), Limmu Genet town, May 2016 (
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| Sociodemographic profile | (%) |
| CBI | | Members | 269 (69%) | Nonmembers | 120 (31%) | Sex | | Male | 204 (52%) | Female | 185 (48%) | Age | | <18 | 9 (2%) | 19–35 | 133 (34%) | 36–59 | 187 (48%) | >60 | 60 (16%) | Marital status | | Married | 357 (92%) | Single | 18 (5%) | Widowed | 5 (1%) | Divorced | 9 (2%) | Religion | | Orthodox | 121 (31%) | Muslim | 265 (68) | Protestant | 3 (1%) | Educational status | | Illiterate | 139 (36%) | Grade 1–8 | 197 (51%) | Grade 9–12 | 43 (11%) | Higher education | 10 (3%) | Ethnicity | | Oromo | 310 (80%) | Amhara | 54 (14) | Tigre | 7 (2%) | Other | 18 (5%) | Monthly income | | <550 | 47 (12%) | 501–1000 | 63 (16%) | 1001–1500 | 144 (37.0%) | 1501–2000 | 120 (31%) | >2000 | 15 (4%) |
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