Compliance with research ethics in epidemiological studies targeted to conflict-affected areas in Western Ethiopia: validity of informed consent (VIC) by information comprehension and voluntariness (ICV)

Table 1 Socio-demographic profile of the study participants

Variable	Categories	Frequency	Percentages
Districts of data collection	Jima Arjo	160	47.3
	Leka Dulecha	50	14.8
	Wayu Tuka	128	37.9
Sex of the respondents	Female	152	45.0
Sex of the respondents	Male	186	55.0
Marital status	Married	304	90
Marital status	Single	34	10
Educational attainment	No formal education attended	73	21.6
	Primary school attended (grades 1–8)	143	42.3
	Secondary School attended (grades 9–12)	79	23.4
	College and Above	43	12.7
Occupation	Day laborer	24	7.1
	Farmer	185	54.7
	Government Employee	45	13.3
	Housewife	21	6.2
	Merchant	63	18.6
Religion	Orthodox	154	45.6
Religion	Protestant	184	54.4

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