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Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of study participants

From: Adherence to medication for the treatment of psychosis: rates and risk factors in an Ethiopian population

S.No.

Socio-demographic

Characteristics

Frequency

Percent

1

Gender

Male

185

54.8

Female

151

45.5

2

Age (in years)

10-20

57

17.5

21-30

109

33,6

31-40

74

22.7

41-50

58

18.0

50+

37

8.1

3

Marital status

Never married

151

44.9

Married

137

40.7

Divorced

24

7.2

Widowed

24

7.2

4

Living Condition

With family

300

89.9

Living alone

19

5.5

Others

17

4.5

5

Educational status

Diploma &above

62

18.3

10-12 grade

117

34.7

7-10 grade

71

21

1-6 grade

33

9.6

No formal schooling

53

13.2

6

Occupational status

Unemployed

89

26.5

Private NGO

63

18.9

Government

52

15.5

Farmer

39

11.4

Student

28

8.2

Merchant

19

5.5

Others

46

13.2

7

Religion

Orthodox

145

42.9

Muslim

83

24.7

Protestant

81

24. 2

Catholic

13

3.7

Others

14

4.6

8

Monthly income (In birr)

300+

108

32.1

  

200-300

81

24.1

  

100-200

72

21.5

  

< 100

75

22.3