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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of lymphedema patients in Boreda district, Gamo zone, SNNPR, Ethiopia, 2021. (N = 280): (*others = Merchant and Day labourer)

From: Foot care practice and associated factors among patients with lymphoedema in Boreda district, Gamo zone, southern Ethiopia, 2020. Implications for elimination of podoconiosis and lymphatic filariasis

Variables

Category

Frequency

Percentage (%)

Age (in years)

20 and below

13

4.6

21–30

32

11.4

31–40

60

21.5

41–50

54

19.3

51 and above

121

43.2

Gender

Male

111

39.6

Female

169

60.4

Religion

Adventist

13

4.6

Orthodox

78

27.9

Protestant

189

67.5

Ethnicity

Amhara

15

5.4

Gamo

263

93.9

Wolayta

2

0.7

Educational background

No formal education

180

64.3

Primary education (grade 1–8)

88

31.4

Secondary and above

12

4.3

Marital status

Divorced

2

0.7

Married

218

77.9

Single

30

10.7

Widowed

30

10.7

Occupation

Farmer

105

37.5

Housewife

139

49.6

Student

23

8.2

Others*

13

4.7

Wealth index

Lowest

61

21.8

Second

54

19.3

Middle

97

34.6

Fourth

17

6.1

Highest

51

18.2