Research Article
Ordinal Logistic Regression Analysis in Determining Factors Associated with Socioeconomic Status of Household in Tepi Town, Southwest Ethiopia
Table 1
Frequency distribution table of the respondents’ profile.
| | Variables | Categories | Total N (%) | SES of households | 1 value | | Low | Medium | High |
| | Gender | Male | 279 (73) | 164 (58.8) | 72 (25.8) | 43 (15.4) | 0.003 | | Female | 103 (27) | 57 (55.6) | 37 (35.6) | 9 (8.8) |
| | Age | Below 25 | 141 (37) | 99 (70.2) | 38 (26.9) | 4 (2.9) | 0.002 | | 25–45 | 151 (39.5) | 64 (42.4) | 53 (34.8) | 34 (22.8) | | Above 45 | 90 (23.5) | 63 (69.2) | 19 (20.5) | 9 (10.3) |
| | Saving habit | No | 195 (51) | 96 (49.2) | 57 (29.3) | 42 (21.5) | <0.001 | | Yes | 187 (49) | 108 (57.8) | 66 (35.3) | 13 (6.9) |
| | Education status | No education | 75 (19.5) | 63 (84) | 10 (1.3) | 2 (2.7) | <0.001 | | Primary | 126 (33) | 100 (79.4) | 23 (18.3) | 4 (3.2) | | Secondary | 115 (30) | 23 (20.0) | 41 (35.6) | 51 (44.4) | | Diploma and higher | 66 (17.5) | 13 (19.7) | 20 (17.4) | 33 (50.0) |
| | Family size | ≤2 | 134 (35) | 31 (23.0) | 35 (26.1) | 68 (50.7) | <0.001 | | 3–4 | 141 (37) | 30 (21.3) | 35 (24.8) | 76 (53.8) | | ≥5 | 107 (28) | 57 (53.3) | 35 (32.7) | 15 (14.0) |
| | Marital status | Single | 76 (19.9) | 38 (50.0) | 33 (43.4) | 5 (6.6) | 0.039 | | Married | 252 (65.9) | 95 (37.7) | 42 (16.7) | 110 (43.6) | | Widowed | 31 (8.2) | 19 (61.3) | 10 (32.3) | 2 (6.4) | | Divorced | 23 (6) | 16 (69.6) | 5 (21.7) | 2 (8.7) |
| | Religion | Orthodox | 149 (39) | 101 (67.8) | 36 (24.2) | 12 (8.0) | 0.042 | | Protestant | 101 (26.4) | 36 (35.6) | 49 (46.5) | 7 (6.9) | | Muslim | 86 (22.5) | 49 (56.9) | 26 (30.2) | 11 (12.7) | | Others | 46 (12.1) | 41 (89.1) | 3 (6.5) | 2 (4.4) |
| | Total | 382 | 170 (44.5) | 120 (31.4) | 92 (24.1) | |
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1value was calculated by the chi-square test. |
