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Table 3 Choices of healthcare options with respect to socio-demographic characteristics of household (HH) respondents among members of the Hamer ethnic group, South Omo Zone (January–February 2010)

From: Health seeking behavior and use of medicinal plants among the Hamer ethnic group, South Omo zone, southwestern Ethiopia

Variable

Choice of health care N (%)

Total

Health institution

Traditional healers

Homemade remedies

Sex

 Male

380 (38.8)

434 (44.3)

165 (16.9)

979 (100)

 Female

193 (31.1)

140 (22.5)

288 (46.4)

621 (100)

Age

≤20

91 (35.5)

148 (57.8)

17 (6.7)

256 (100)

 21–30

245 (45.0)

213 (39.2)

86 (15.8)

544 (100)

 31–40

174 (35.1)

209 (42.1)

113 (22.8)

496 (100)

 41–50

96 (40.0)

103 (42.9)

41 (17.1)

240 (100)

 51–60

9 (19.1)

22 (46.8)

16 (34.1)

47 (100)

≥61

1 (5.9)

7 (41.2)

9 (52.9)

17 (100)

Educational status

Nonliterate

480 (34.9)

505 (65.1)

391 (28.4)

1376 (100)

 1–4 Grade

74 (38.5)

61 (31.8)

57 (29.7)

192 (100)

 5–8 Grade

19 (59.4)

8 (25.0)

5 (15.6)

32 (100)

Family size

 1-3

190 (41)

198 (42.7)

76 (16.4)

464 (100)

 4–6

207 (32.3)

243 (38.0)

190 (29.7)

640 (100)

 7–9

133 (39.6)

76 (22.6)

127 (37.8)

336 (100)

≥10

43 (26.9)

57 (35.6)

60 (37.5)

160 (100)

Monthly income

 Low

295 (31.6)

402 (42.9)

238 (25.5)

935 (100)

 Middle

162 (35.8)

101 (22.3)

190 (41.9)

453 (100)

 High

116 (54.7)

71 (33.5)

25 (11.8)

212 (100)

Total

573 (35.8)

574 (35.9)

453 (28.3)

1600 (100)

  1. Nonliterate: member of the community who can read but not write; Low income: less than five cattle, no goats and hives; Middle income: five to ten cattle, goats and hives; High income: more than ten cattle, goats and hives