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High Gastrointestinal Colonization Rate of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci among Hospitalized Patients: Potential Source for Resistant Gene
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of participant at Hawassa University Compressive Specialized Hospital, Sidama Regional State, Ethiopia (N = 223).
| Variables | Category | Frequency (%) |
| Sex | Male | 123 (55.2) | Female | 100 (44.8) |
| Age in years | <5 | 16 (7.2) | 5–14 | 10 (4.5) | 15–30 | 91 (40.8) | 31–50 | 77 (34.5) | >50 | 29 (13) |
| Residence | Rural | 83 (37.2) | Urban | 140 (62.8) |
| Educational status | No formal education | 78 (35.0) | Elementary | 56 (25.1) | High school | 47 (21.1) | Collage and above | 42 (18.8) |
| Current occupation | Government employee | 37 (16.6) | Private employee | 75 (33.6) | House maker | 59 (26.5) | Student | 41 (18.4) | Day laborer | 6 (2.7) | Others | 5 (2.2) |
| Marital status | Single | 80 (35.9) | Married | 131 (58.7) | Divorced | 5 (2.2) | Widowed | 7 (3.1) |
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