Table 1 Distribution of participants by their socio-demographic and psychosocial characteristics at Ilu Ababore zone hospitals, southwest Ethiopia, 2017 (n = 402)
Variables | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Age | ||
18–24 | 162 | 40.3 |
25–34 | 121 | 30.1 |
35–44 | 82 | 20.3 |
≥ 45 | 37 | 9.2 |
Gender | ||
Male | 253 | 62.9 |
Female | 149 | 37.1 |
Religion | ||
Orthodox | 153 | 38.1 |
Muslim | 115 | 28.6 |
Protestant | 105 | 26.1 |
Othersa | 29 | 7.2 |
Marital status | ||
Married | 246 | 61.2 |
Single | 117 | 29.1 |
Divorced/widowed | 39 | 9.7 |
Ethnicity | ||
Oromo | 323 | 80.34 |
Amhara | 52 | 12.93 |
Tigre | 14 | 3.48 |
Gurage | 9 | 2.23 |
Otherb | 4 | 0.99 |
Educational status | ||
Unable to read and write | 114 | 28.4 |
Primary | 195 | 47.3 |
Secondary | 58 | 14.4 |
College and above | 35 | 8.7 |
Residency | ||
Rural | 197 | 49.0 |
Urban | 205 | 51.0 |
Type of occupation | ||
Government employ | 26 | 6.5 |
Private enterprise | 234 | 58.2 |
Student | 60 | 15.0 |
Unemployed | 82 | 20.4 |
Social support | ||
High | 252 | 62.7 |
Moderate | 98 | 24.4 |
Poor | 52 | 12.9 |
Perceived stress | ||
Low | 192 | 47.8 |
High | 210 | 52.2 |