Research Article
Pastoralist Community’s Perception of Tuberculosis: A Quantitative Study from Shinille Area of Ethiopia
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of the study population (
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| | Background Characteristics | Number (%) |
| | Sex | | | Male | 424 (51.6) | | Female | 397 (48.4) | | Age (years) | | | 18–24 | 197 (24.0) | | 25–34 | 247 (30.1) | | 35–44 | 212 (25.8) | | 45–54 | 127 (15.5) | | >55 | 29 (3.5) | | Do not know | 9 (1.1) | | Ethnicity | | | Somali | 776 (94.5) | | Oromo | 45 (5.5) | | Marital status | | | Married | 665 (81.0) | | Single | 108 (13.2) | | Separated | 12 (1.5) | | Divorced | 17 (2.1) | | Widowed | 19 (2.3) | | Occupation | | | Pastoralist | 360 (43.8) | | Agro pastoralist | 165 (20.1) | | Cattle keeping and farming | 281 (34.2) | | Others* | 15 (1.8) | | Education | | | Cannot read and write | 509 (62.0) | | Read and write | 278 (33.9) | | Grade 1–8 | 32 (3.9) | | Grade 9–12 | 02 (0. 2) | | Religion | | | Muslim | 821 (100) | | Household income | | | Less than 100 Birr | 243 (29.6) | | 100–300 Birr | 424 (51.6) | | >300 Birr | 77 (9.4) | | Refuse to disclose income | 77 (9.4) |
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