Research Article

Awareness and Disposal Practices of Medicines among the Community in Hawassa City, Ethiopia

Table 4

Socioeconomic profile of household respondents.

VariablesHHs (N = 402) frequency (%)

GenderMale136 (33.8)
Female266 (66.2)

Age (years)18–2479 (19.7)
25–31138 (34.3)
32–3870 (17.4)
39–4532 (8.0)
46–5227 (6.7)
53–5938 (9.5)
>5918 (4.5)

Marital statusMarried317 (78.9)
Unmarried81 (20.1)
Divorced4 (1.0)

Family size (number)1 (single)49 (12.2)
2–4181 (45.0)
5–10169 (42.0)
11–153 (0.7)

Educational levelOnly read and write38 (9.5)
Grade 1–845 (11.2)
Grade 9–1242 (10.4)
Above high school, first-degree,196 (48.8)
Second-degree, and above81 (20.1)

Family monthly income, ETB<1,0003 (0.7)
1000–5000135 (33.6)
5001–10000142 (35.3)
10001–2000074 (18.4)
20001–4000041 (10.2)
>400007 (1.7)

ETB- Ethiopian Birr.