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Table 1 Socio-demographic variables of patients visited traditional healers' clinics in Addis Ababa, 2010

From: The contribution of traditional healers' clinics to public health care system in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Number (%)

One-Sample Test

95% Confidence Interval of the Difference

  

t

d.f.

Sig. (2-tailed)

Lower

Upper

Age in years

 

1.699

5

0.150

-26.175

128.175

0-4

16(5.2)

     

5 - 9

18(5.9)

     

10 - 19

26(8.5)

     

20-40

199(65.0)

     

41-65

42(13.7)

     

> 65

5(1.6)

     

Marital status

 

1.993

2

0.184

-118.193

322.193

Never married

174(56.9)

     

Married

129(42.2)

     

Divorced

3(1.0)

     

Religion

 

1.638

2

0.243

-165.919

369.919

Orthodox

226(73.9)

     

Muslim

50(16.3)

     

Protestant

30(9.8)

     

Ethnicity

 

1.926

7

0.095

-8.709

85.209

Oromo

87(28.4)

     

Amhara

160(52.3)

     

Tigray

12(3.9)

     

Wolayita

8(2.6)

     

Guragie

13(4.2)

     

Silte

12(3.9)

     

Hdya

6(2.0)

     

Others

8(2.6)

     

Educational status

 

3.660

4

0.022

14.828

107.972

Illiterate

30(9.8)

     

Adult education

18(5.9)

     

1-6 grade

64(20.9)

     

7-12 grade

89(29.1)

     

> 12 grade

106(34.6)

     

Occupation

 

5.023

7

0.002

20.243

56.257

Business

38(12.4)

     

Daily laborer

31(10.1)

     

Farmer

11(3.6)

     

Government employee

78(25.5)

     

House wife

31(10.1)

     

Jobless

16(5.2)

     

Private institution

47(15.4)

     

Student

54(17.6)

     

House hold income

 

8.386

3

0.004

41.574

92.426

< 500

65(21.2)

     

500-850

59(19.3)

     

851-1500

90(29.4)

     

> 1500

54(17.6)

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