Table 1 Description of study settings
From: Ethiopian patients’ perceptions of anti-diabetic medications: implications for diabetes education
Addis Ababa | Butajira | |
|---|---|---|
Significance | Largest urban center in Ethiopia | Home to the demographic surveillance site of AAU |
Population [48] | 3.2 million | 63 thousand |
Ethnic groups [49] | Amhara (47%), Gamo (1.7%), Guragie (16.3%), Oromo (19.5%), Silte (2.9%), Tigrie (6.2%), others (6.4%) | Guragie (82%), others (18%) |
Religions [49] | Orthodox Christianity (74.7%), Islam (16.2%), Protestant Christianity (7.8%), others (1.3%) | Islam (51.3%), Orthodox Christianity (39.6%) and Protestant Christianity (8.7%), others (0.4%) |
Literacy [49] | 85.3% | 37.9% |