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Table 1 Sample characteristics in JMC, Ethiopia (n=408)

From: Communicative health literacy in patients with non-communicable diseases in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Category

Frequency (n=408)

Percent

Age

18–44

178

43.6

45–64

117

28.7

≥65 years

113

27.7

Marital status

Single

57

14.0

Married

301

73.8

Divorced

24

5.9

Widowed

26

6.4

Educational status

Illiterate

153

37.5

Grade 1–8

124

30.4

Grades 9–12

75

18.4

College and above

56

13.7

Monthly household income (1 USD=43.63 ETB)

<10.72 USD

84

20.6

10.72-21.45 USD

73

17.9

>21.45 USD

251

61.5

Residence

Rural

189

46.3

Urban

219

53.7

Chronic diseases profile

Cardiovascular diseases

100

24.5

COPD

10

2.5

Diabetes mellitus

96

23.5

Hypertension

98

24

Epilepsy

90

22.1

Asthma

14

3.4

Presence of co-morbidity

One chronic disease

341

83.6

Two or more chronic diseases

67

16.4

Complication/s from NCDs

Yes

299

73.3

No

109

26.7

Follow-up visit last 4 weeks

Yes

151

37

No

257

63