Socio-Demographic Characteristics of 302 Public Health Patients in Western Ethiopia

Socio-demographic characteristics of 302 study participants from public health institutions in Assosa town, Benishangul Gumuz region, western Ethiopia. The data was collected by Nigus Checkole between December 23, 2021 and March 4, 2022. The specific column count is unknown.

Use Cases

• Analyze the distribution of socio-demographic characteristics across the 302 participants to profile the patient population.
• Investigate potential correlations between socio-demographic features and other health-related variables, if available in the full dataset.
• Use socio-demographic data as covariates in models predicting health outcomes for patients in this region.

Strengths

• Contains data from 302 participants, providing a sample from a specific geographic and institutional context.
• Data collection occurred over a defined 72-day period from December 2021 to March 2022.
• The dataset is explicitly tagged with relevant topics including Socio Demographics, Ethiopia, and Public Health.

Limitations

• The dataset is very small at 9.5 KB, indicating limited scope and potential for detailed analysis.
• The specific columns and sample data are unavailable, preventing assessment of variable richness and structure.
• The data is geographically focused on a single town in western Ethiopia, limiting generalizability.

Provenance

Source

Nigus Checkole via figshare.

Collection Method

Collected from study participants at public health institutions in Assosa town.

Time Range

December 23, 2021 to March 4, 2022.

Freshness

The dataset was last updated on March 20, 2026, though the underlying data collection ended in March 2022.

Geography

Assosa town, Benishangul Gumuz region, western Ethiopia.