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Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of participants in Gursum district, Eastern Ethiopia

From: Determinants of willingness to pay for the retreatment of insecticide treated mosquito nets in rural area of eastern Ethiopia

Variables

Frequency

Percentage

Sex

  

 Male

88

26.3

 Female

247

73.7

Religion

  

 Christian

51

15.2

 Muslim

284

84.8

Marital status

  

 Single

16

4.8

 Married

287

85.7

 Divorced

12

3.6

 Widowed

16

4.8

 Separated

4

1.2

Occupational status

  

 Farmer

104

31.0

 Student

26

7.8

 House wife

149

44.5

 Government employee

12

3.6

 Merchant

39

11.6

 othersa

5

1.5

Educational level

  

 Illiterate

228

68.1

 Read and write only

16

4.8

 Primary education (1–6)

40

11.9

 Secondary education (7–12)

32

9.6

 Above grade 12

19

5.7

Estimated monthly income of the household (USD per month)b

  

 <10.4

133

39.7

 10.4–31.14

103

30.7

 31.25–51.98

35

10.4

 52.08–83.33

38

11.3

 >83.33

26

7.8

  1. aOthers: sales and services, clerk
  2. bExchange rate at the time of the study, 1 USD = 9.6 Ethiopian Birr (ETB)