*3.1. Socio-Economic Profile of the Respondents*

Age and Marital Status: The age of respondents affects their views about the particular problems; usually age indicates level of maturity of individuals, in that sense age becomes more important to examine the response. The perceptions and attitudes of the person can also differ by the marital status due to the acquired responsibilities through marriage. Table 3 shows that 64.7% of the respondents were within the range of 20–30 years; 30% were within the range of 31–40 years; and 5.3% were within the range of 41–50. This indicates that the majority (64.7%) of the respondents were professionals within the age of 31–40 years. An overwhelming number of the respondents (73.3%) were married and the remaining (26.7%) were unmarried.

Education and educational background: education is one of the most important characteristics that might affect a person's attitudes and way of looking and understanding any particular social phenomena. The educational background of respondents also affects the credibility of the responses. A considerable number of respondents (80.7%) were BSc graduates and 19.3% were MSc graduates who are working in the cadastral system organization. In relation to this, most of the experts (70%) are land administration graduates, while lawyers, geomatics and civil engineers, IT, geographers, and related fields share the remaining 30% (see Table 3). It is believed that the organization has recruited appropriate professionals who can accomplish the intended missions of the cadastral system.

Experience and level of income: experience gives firsthand knowledge of what is actually working in the industry. In Table 3, the majority of the respondents (78.7%) have about 4 years of experience, while the remaining 21.3% fall within the range of 8–11 years. It was ensured that the respondents were all very experienced staff members who are (or have been) involved in all aspects of land administration activities. The collective responses can thus be considered significant. Respondents' level of income plays an important role in shaping the economic conditions of an individual, which, in turn, is likely to have a bearing on the responses to a posed problem. Most of the respondents (79.3%) were earning a monthly income of between 12,001 and 15,000 birr, 12.7% of the respondents earn between 15,001 and 18,000 birr, while the rest (8%) earn above 18,000 birr.


**Table 3.** Profile of the respondents.
