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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the participants socio-demographic and other variables

From: E-health literacy and associated factors among chronic patients in a low-income country: a cross-sectional survey

Variable

n

%

Variables

n

%

Age

  

Occupation type

  

< 29

203

50%

Governmental

150

37.1%

30–49

110

27.4%

Private

115

28.5%

> 50

91

22.6%

unemployed

139

34.4%

Gender

  

Residence

  

Male

268

66.3%

Rural

52

12.9%

Female

136

33.7%

Urban

352

87.1%

Marital Status

  

Self-Reported Health Status

  

Single

158

39.1%

Very bad

2

.5%

Married

213

52.7%

bad

39

9.7%

Divorced

20

5.0%

Not bad

105

26.0%

Widowed

13

3.2%

good

225

55.7%

Educational status

  

Very good

33

8.2%

No formal Education

15

3.7%

Follow-up in years

  

Primary education

60

14.9%

< 1

105

26.0%

Secondary education

121

30.0%

1–3

136

33.7%

Diploma and above

208

51.5%

3–5

49

12.1%

Type of Chronic Disease

  

> 5

114

28.2%

CVD

143

35.4%

Frequency of internet use

  

CRD

24

5.9%

Daily

190

47.0%

Diabetes

141

34.9%

Several days a week

163

40.3%

Epilepsy

52

12.9%

One day a week

28

7.0%

Others

44

10.9%

Less than one day a week

23

5.7%

Monthly Income*

     

< 800

118

29.2%

   

800–1500

62

15.3%

   

1500–3500

99

24.5%

   

3500–5500

65

16.1%

   

> 5500

60

14.9%

   
  1. * The monthly income currency is in Ethiopian Birr (ETB)