Sr. No Variable Category Frequency       NO % 1 Gender Female 127 42.3     Male 173 57.7 2 Agea 25-39 years 75 25.0     40-54years 110 36.7     55-69 years 97 32.3     70-84years 18 6.0 3 Monthly incomeb Very low 171 57.0     Low 66 22.0     Average 41 13.7     Above average 22 7.3 4 Ethnicity Tigrian 286 95.3     Amara 14 4.7 5 Educational Level Illiterate 140 46.7     Elementary 80 26.7     High school 37 12.3     College university 43 14.3 6 Marital Status Married 220 73.3     Divorced 10 3.3     Widowed 7 2.3     Single/never married 63 21.0 7 Occupation Employed 87 29.0     un employed 103 34.3     Merchant 14 4.7     House servant 70 23.3     Daily laborer 26 8.7 8 Religion Orthodox Christian 264 88.0     Muslim 36 12.0 a Age category was adopted from research article ( study done in Africa) [19] b Monthly income category: Very Low <445 Birr, Low=446-1200 Birr, Average=1201-2500 Birr, Above Average=2501-3500 Birr and High >3501 Birr (Based on the Ethiopian Civil service monthly salary for civil servants)

Table 1: Socio demographic data of the respondents study done in Ayder referral and Mekelle hospitals, 2012/13 (N=300)