From: Prevalence of podoconiosis and its associated factors in Gamo zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2021
Variable | Category | Frequency | Percentage |
---|---|---|---|
Age group | 15–24 | 46 | 6.7 |
25–34 | 109 | 16.0 | |
35–44 | 167 | 24.5 | |
45–54 | 170 | 24.9 | |
> 55 | 191 | 28.0 | |
Years lived in area | 3–10 years | 26 | 3.8 |
11–18 years | 37 | 5.4 | |
19–26 years | 78 | 11.4 | |
27–36 years | 106 | 15.5 | |
37–46 years | 162 | 23.7 | |
> 47 | 274 | 40.1 | |
Gender | Male | 280 | 41 |
Female | 403 | 59 | |
Education level | No formal education | 344 | 50.4 |
Able to read and write | 153 | 22.4 | |
Grade 1–8 | 94 | 13.8 | |
Grade 9–12 | 55 | 8.1 | |
More than secondary | 37 | 5.4 | |
Marital status | Never married | 69 | 10.1 |
Married | 564 | 82.6 | |
Widowed | 39 | 5.7 | |
Divorced | 11 | 1.6 | |
Ethnicity | Gamo | 674 | 98.7 |
Amhara | 8 | 1.2 | |
Wolayta | 1 | 1 | |
Occupation | Farmer | 424 | 62.1 |
Merchant | 44 | 6.4 | |
Student | 39 | 5.7 | |
Housewife | 115 | 16.8 | |
Government employee | 32 | 4.7 | |
Other* | 29 | 4.2 | |
Religion | Protestant | 295 | 43.2 |
Orthodox | 387 | 56.7 | |
Muslim | 1 | .1 | |
Monthly income | < 500 | 241 | 35.3 |
> = 500 | 442 | 64.7 | |
Wealth index quintile | Lowest | 134 | 19.6 |
Second | 145 | 21.2 | |
Middle | 200 | 29.3 | |
Fourth | 18 | 2.6 | |
Highest | 186 | 27.2 |