Table 1 Socio-economic and demographic characteristics of fractured adult patients at University of Gondar teaching hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2016 (n = 118)
Background characteristics | Frequency(Percent) |
|---|---|
Place of residence | |
Urban | 44(37.3) |
Rural | 74(62.7) |
Age (in Years) of the respondent | |
18–30 | 54(45.8) |
31–40 | 25(21.2) |
41–50 | 20(16.9) |
50–71 | 19(16.1) |
Sex of the respondent | |
Male | 103(87.3) |
Female | 15(12.7) |
Religion of the respondent | |
Orthodox | 105(89.0) |
Muslim | 13(11.0) |
Ethnicity of the respondent | |
Amhara | 113(95.8) |
Tigre | 5(4.2) |
Marital Status of the respondent | |
Married | 80(67.8) |
Single | 34(28.8) |
Widowed | 4(3.4) |
Educational Status the respondent | |
Not read and write | 27(22.9) |
Read and write | 31(26.3) |
Elementary school(Grade 1–4) | 13(11.0) |
Junior high school(Grade 5–8) | 25(21.2) |
Senior high school(Grade 9–10) | 16(13.6) |
Preparatory(Grade 11–12) | 4(3.4) |
Higher education (> Grade 12) | 2(1.7) |
Occupation of the respondent | |
House wife/work | 10(8.5) |
Merchant | 19(16.1) |
Daily Labourer | 11(9.3) |
Governmental employed | 6(5.1) |
Farmer | 72(61.0) |
Family size of the respondent | |
1–4 | 91(77.1) |
≥ 5 | 27(22.9) |
Household Wealth Index | |
Poor | 38(32.2) |
Medium | 41(34.7) |
Rich | 39(33.1) |