Extent and Correlates of Self-Medication Practice among Community-Dwelling Adults in Eastern Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of adult study participants for the self-medication study in eastern Ethiopia, 2022.

Variables	Categories	Frequency ()	Percent (%)
Sex of the respondent	Female	433	66.9
	Male	214	33.1
Marital status	Married	495	76.5
	Single	73	11.3
	Widowed	45	7.0
	Divorced	34	5.3
College and above	Illiterate	19	2.9
	Primary school	170	26.3
	Secondary school	180	27.8
	College and above	278	43.0
Occupation	Government	215	33.2
	Housewife/worker	195	30.1
	Private worker	159	24.6
	Do not have work	70	10.8
	Farmer	8	1.2
Family size	≤4	399	61.7
	>4	248	38.3
Wealth index	Poorest	131	20.2
	Poorer	129	19.9
	Middle	139	21.5
	Wealthier	113	17.5
	Wealthiest	135	20.9
Age of the participant ()	41.7 (11.4) years
Family size ()	4 (1.5)