Insomnia among Town Residents in Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Survey

Table 1

Distribution of respondents by their sociodemographic characteristics (n=840), Dessie town, North East Ethiopia, 2016.

Variables	(N=840)	%
Age
18-27	379	45.1
28-37	184	21.9
38-47	98	11.7
48 and above	179	21.3
Sex
Male	337	40.1
Female	503	59.9
Religion
Orthodox	469	55.8
Muslim	329	39.2
Others	42	5
Marital status
Married	325	38.7
Single (unmarried)	323	38.5
Divorced	157	18.6
widowed	35	4.2
Ethnicity
Amhara	828	98.6
Others	12	1.4
Educational Status
Not educated	130	15.5
Primary	174	20.7
Secondary	295	35.1
Diploma and above	241	28.7
Occupation
Employed	115	13.7
Private business	172	20.5
Student	171	20.4
Daily labourer	90	10.7
Housewife and jobless	292	34.8
Income
<750 ETB	381	45.4
750-1250 ETB	156	18.6
>1250 ETB	303	36.0

N.B: others are Afar, Tigre, and Oromo.
Other religions are protestant and catholic.