Research Article
Self-Medication Practices among Community of Harar City and Its Surroundings, Eastern Ethiopia
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of participants in Harar City and its surroundings from March to April, 2017(n=370).
| Variable | Frequency | Percentage (%) |
| Age (years) | | | 18-25 | 123 | 33.2 | 26-33 | 128 | 34.6 | 34 and above | 119 | 32.2 | Mean (SD) | 32(11.15) | | Gender | | | Female | 196 | 53.0 | Male | 174 | 47.0 | Ethnicity | | | Oromo | 126 | 34.1 | Amhara | 118 | 31.9 | Hader | 56 | 15.1 | Tigre | 28 | 7.6 | Somali | 16 | 4.3 | Others | 26 | 7 | Religion | | | Orthodox | 175 | 47.3 | Muslim | 154 | 41.6 | Protestant | 34 | 9.2 | Others | 7 | 1.9 | Educational | | | Illiterate | 27 | 7.3 | Read and write | 10 | 2.7 | Primary school | 39 | 10.5 | Secondary school | 94 | 25.4 | College and above | 200 | 54.1 | Marital status | | | Single | 136 | 36.8 | Married | 203 | 54.9 | Divorced | 18 | 4.8 | Widowed | 13 | 3.5 | Occupations | | | Merchant | 145 | 39.2 | Employee | 107 | 28.9 | Daily labor | 37 | 10 | House wife | 63 | 17 | Others | 18 | 4.9 | Monthly income | | | Nondisclosed | 175 | 47.3 | 400-2000 | 78 | 21.1 | 2001-3600 | 63 | 17.0 | 3601-5200 | 12 | 3.2 | >5201 | 42 | 11.4 | Mean (SD) | 3179(2643.66) Birr | |
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ETB, Ethiopian Birr , 1=28ETB, SD: standard deviation. |