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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics at Jimma Medical Center, Jimma, Ethiopia, 2020

From: Knowledge of surgical informed consent and associated factors among patients undergone obstetric and gynecologic surgery at Jimma Medical Center, Jimma, Ethiopia, 2020: an institutional based cross-sectional study

Charactrstics

Category

Frequency

Percent

 

 < 20

31

8.3

Age (years)

20–35

293

78.8

 ≥ 35

48

12.9

Median

28 IQR 24–30

 

Religion

Muslim

182

48.9

Orthodox

123

33.1

Protestant

64

17.2

Others

3

.8

Educational status

lliterate

81

21.8

Elementary completed school

121

32.5

Secondary completed school

113

30.4

Diploma and above

57

15.3

Maternal residency

Urban

242

65.1

Rural

130

34.9

Marital status

Single

62

16.6

Married

310

83.3

Occupation

Housewife

168

45.2

Private employee

33

8.9

Government employee

68

18.3

Merchant

29

7.8

Farmer

56

15.1

Student

18

4.8