Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents in Mekelle city, Northern Ethiopia, 2014
From: Prevalence and predictors of sexual violence among commercial sex workers in Northern Ethiopia
Variables | Frequency | % |
|---|---|---|
Age (years) | ||
15–19 | 33 | 13.20 |
20–24 | 119 | 47.60 |
25–29 | 75 | 30.00 |
>30 | 23 | 9.20 |
Family occupation | ||
Farmers | 99 | 39.60 |
Day laborers | 62 | 24.80 |
Government employee | 42 | 16.80 |
Private employee | 20 | 8.20 |
Self-employed | 27 | 10.80 |
Ethnicity | ||
Tigray | 175 | 70.00 |
Amhara | 68 | 27.20 |
Othera | 7 | 2.80 |
Religion | ||
Orthodox Christian | 224 | 89.60 |
Muslim | 17 | 6.80 |
Otherb | 9 | 3.60 |
Educational status | ||
Illiterate | 26 | 10.40 |
Basic literacy | 61 | 24.40 |
Elementary (1–8) | 87 | 34.80 |
High school (9–12) | 63 | 25.20 |
University or college | 13 | 5.20 |
Dependents | ||
0 | 144 | 57.60 |
1–3 individuals | 78 | 31.20 |
4–6 individuals | 21 | 8.40 |
>6 individuals | 7 | 2.80 |
Monthly income (USD) | ||
<51.1 | 65 | 26.00 |
51.2–101.9 | 109 | 43.60 |
102–153.1 | 65 | 26.00 |
≥153.2 | 11 | 4.40 |
Marital status | ||
Married | 59 | 23.6 |
Unmarried | 191 | 76.4 |
Hometown | ||
Urban | 240 | 96.00 |
Rural | 10 | 4.00 |