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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of participants

From: Conceptualizing and contextualizing functioning in people with severe mental disorders in rural Ethiopia: a qualitative study

 

Interview

Interview

Interview

FGD

FGD

(People with severe mental illness)

(Psychiatric nurses)

(Religious healers)

(Caregivers)

(Project workers)

Number of participants

6

2

2

37

5

Age categories (years)

     

<25

1

0

0

3

0

25-34

0

0

1

9

3

35-44

2

1

1

11

2

45-59

3

1

0

9

0

60 and above

0

0

0

5

0

Gender

     

Male

3

2

2

21

3

Female

3

0

0

16

2

Residence

     

Rural

5

0

0

31

0

Urban

1

2

2

6

5

Marital status

     

Single

1

1

1

5

0

Married

3

1

1

24

5

Widowed

0

0

0

6

0

Separated

2

0

0

2

0

Education

     

Can’t read and write

2

0

0

11

0

1 Read and write only

2

0

2

11

0

Primary

1

0

0

10

0

Secondary

0

0

0

3

2

Post-secondary

1

2

0

2

3

Religion

     

Muslim

3

0

0

17

1

Orthodox

3

2

2

18

4

Protestant

0

0

0

2

0

Occupation

     

Farming

4

0

0

22

0

Trading

2

0

0

12

0

2 Employed

0

2

2

3

5

  1. 1“Read and write only” means those who have no formal education but they have basic literacy and they can read and write. There are different ways of getting literacy education in Ethiopia, such as adult literacy program.
  2. 2“Employed” means a person has a monthly salary being employed in a private, government, religious or other non-governmental institution.