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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents among medical students at University of Gondar, northwest Ethiopia, 2019 (n = 393)

From: Suicide ideation, attempt, and determinants among medical students Northwest Ethiopia: an institution-based cross-sectional study

Variables

Categories

Frequency

Percent

Sex

Male

241

61.3

Female

152

38.7

Age

Mean

22.16

–

SD

1.86

–

Religion

Orthodox

283

72.0

Muslim

41

10.4

Protestant

54

13.7

Othera

15

3.8

Marital status

Married

25

6.4

Single

368

93.6

Ethnicity

Amhara

205

52.1

Oromo

91

23.3

Tigrie

56

14.2

Otherb

41

10.4

Residency

Urban

304

77.4

Rural

89

22.6

Year of study

1st

28

7.1

2nd

73

18.6

3rd

107

27.2

4th

106

27.0

5th

79

20.1

CGPA

2.00–2.75

59

15.0

2.76–3.5

218

55.5

> 3.5

116

29.5

Monthly income

50–1800

323

82.2

> 1800

70

17.8

  1. CGPA cumulative grade points average
  2. Othersa: Catholic, Waqefeta, Atheist
  3. Othersb: Gurage, Somali, Afar