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Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of health care workers working at health facility at Gondar city administration, March 2016(n = 531)

From: Violence at work: determinants & prevalence among health care workers, northwest Ethiopia: an institutional based cross sectional study

Variables

Frequency

Percentage

Sex

 Male

255

48.0

 Female

276

52.0

Age

  ≤ 25

76

14.3

 26–35

289

54.4

  ≥ 36

166

31.3

Religion

 Orthodox

454

85.5

 Muslim

56

10.5

 Others

21

4.0

Educational status

 Diploma

126

23.7

 Degree

361

68.0

 Masters

31

5.8

 Specialty

13

2.4

Marital status

 Married

245

46.1

 Divorced

10

1.9

 Single

276

52

Profession

 Nurse/midwife

339

63.8

 HO

34

6.4

 Pharmacy/laboratory

111

20.9

 Other HCWs

24

4.5

 GP

23

4.3

Facility ownership

 Private

116

21.8

 Government

415

78.2

  1. NB: Others: Protestant/catholic/Adventist