Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of primary health care nurses in Addis Ababa, 2018
Variables | Category | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Male | 180 | 29.5 |
Female | 430 | 70.5 | |
Age | 20–29 | 440 | 72.0 |
30–39 | 134 | 22.0 | |
40–49 | 18 | 3.0 | |
≥ 50 | 18 | 3.0 | |
Religion | Orthodox | 408 | 66.9 |
Muslim | 100 | 16.4 | |
Protestant | 96 | 15.7 | |
Othersa | 6 | 1.0 | |
Marital status | Single | 342 | 56.1 |
Married | 246 | 40.3 | |
Othersb | 22 | 3.6 | |
Educational status | Diploma | 344 | 56.4 |
BSc | 231 | 37.9 | |
MSc | 35 | 5.7 | |
Work experience | ≤ 5 | 440 | 72.1 |
6–10 | 66 | 10.8 | |
≥ 11 | 104 | 17.1 | |
Working department | Medical | 316 | 51.8 |
MCH | 146 | 23.9 | |
Emergency | 62 | 10.2 | |
Surgical | 46 | 7.5 | |
ART | 40 | 6.6 |