Expressed emotion of caregivers among schizophrenic patients visiting Jimma University Medical Center Psychiatry Outpatient Unit, Southwest Ethiopia

Table 3 Socio-demographic characteristics of patient with schizophrenia at Jimma University Medical Center Psychiatry Clinic Southwest Ethiopia 2019 (n = 422)

Variable	Frequency (n)	Percent
Age
13–25 years	131	31.0
26–30 years	102	24.2
31–40 years	96	22.7
40–96 years	93	22.0
Sex
Male	310	73.5
Female	112	26.5
Marital status
Single	271	64.2
Divorced	30	7.1
Married	109	25.8
Widowed	12	2.8
Educational status
Unable to read and wright, only read and wright	89	21.1
Primary education	180	42.7
Secondary education	108	25.6
Higher education and above	45	10.7
Occupation
Farmer	101	23.9
Housewife	47	11.1
Merchant	18	4.3
Gov’t and private employee	44	10.4
Student	38	9.0
Unemployed	157	37.2
Others*	17	4
Impact of the illness on occupational status
Unemployed due to illness	50	11.8
Working full time	77	18.2
Working part time	114	27.0
Retired and stop working	181	42.9

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