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Table 1 Demographic predictors related to abuse in bipolar patients

From: Leveling and abuse among patients with bipolar disorder at psychiatric outpatient departments in Ethiopia

Characteristics

Abuse

Overall

Chi-square (X 2) (P value)

Yes

No

Sex

 Male

71 (45.8%)

104 (40.6%)

175 (42.6%)

1.06 (0.30)

 Female

84 (54.2%)

152 (59.4%)

236 (57.4%)

Residency

 Urban

117 (75.5%)

177 (69.1%)

294 (71.5%)

1.91 (0.17)

 Rural

38 (24.5%)

79 (30.9%)

117 (28.5%)

Education

 No formal education

17 (11%)

52 (20.3%)

69 (16.8%)

6.04 (0.01)

 Educated

138 (89%)

204 (79.7%)

342 (83.2%)

Religion

 Christian

115 (74.2%)

196 (76.6%)

311 (75.7%)

0.29 (0.56)

 Muslim

40 (25.8%)

60 (23.4%)

100 (24.3%)

Marital status

 Currently married

58 (37.4%)

122 (47.7%)

180 (43.8%)

4.11 (0.04)

 Not married

97 (62.6%)

134 (52.3%)

231 (56.2%)

Job

 Has job

111 (71.6%)

188 (73.4%)

299 (72.7%)

0.16 (0.45)

 No job

44 (28.4%)

68 (26.6%)

112 (27.3%)

Ethnicity

 Amahara

60 (38.7%)

82 (32%)

142 (34.55%)

3.6 (0.46)

 Oromo

48 (31%)

87 (34%)

135 (32.85%)

 Gurage

32 (20.6%)

50 (19.5%)

82 (20%)

 Tigray

6 (3.9%)

18 (7%)

24 (5.8%)

 Othersa

9 (5.8%)

19 (7.5%)

28 (6.8%)

Wealth

 Lowest

35 (22.6%)

48 (18.8%)

83 (20.2%)

2.33 (0.67)

 Second

34 (21.9%)

54 (21.1%)

88 (21.4%)

 Middle

27 (17.4%)

51 (19.9%)

78 (19%)

 Fourth

35 (22.6%)

52 (20.3%)

87 (21.2%)

 Highest

24 (15.5%)

51 (19.9%)

75 (18.2%)

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