Non-fatal suicidal behaviour in rural Ethiopia: a cross-sectional facility- and population-based study

Table 1 Background characteristics of study participants

Characteristics	Overall		Community sample		Facility sample
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	p-value**
Sex (N = 2499)
Male	1142	45.7	679	45.7	463	45.7	0.975
Female	1357	54.3	806	54.3	551	54.3
Age in years (N = 2493)							<0.001
<25	489	19.6	207	13.9	282	27.4
25-34	710	28.5	424	28.6	286	28.4
35-44	550	22.1	369	24.9	181	18.0
45-54	311	12.5	205	13.8	106	10.5
55+	433	17.4	280	18.9	153	15.2
Marital status (N = 2499)							<0.001
Never married	447	17.9	178	12.0	269	26.5
Currently married	1773	71.0	1134	76.4	639	63.0
Widowed/divorced	279	11.2	173	11.6	106	10.5
Religion (N = 2499)							<0.001
Orthodox	2247	89.9	1371	92.3	876	86.4
Muslim	68	2.7	41	2.8	27	2.7
Protestant	176	7.1	71	4.8	105	10.4
Other	8	0.3	2	0.1	6	0.6
Ethnicity (N = 2498)							0.001
Gurage	2292	91.8	1384	93.3	908	89.6
Other	206	8.2	100	6.7	106	10.4
Educational status (N = 2495)							<0.001
illiterate	1119	44.9	719	48.6	400	39.5
Read and write	449	18.0	325	21.9	124	12.2
Formal education	927 37.2		437	29.6	490	48.3
Occupation (N = 2489)							<0.001
Housewife	595 23.9		337	22.8	258	25.5
Private sector	1265	50.8	888	60.1	377	37.3
Student	129	5.2	46	3.1	83	8.2
Civil servant	160	6.4	35	2.4	125	12.4
Other	340 13.7		171	11.6	169	16.7

*In this setting, voluntary work is something people do until they find a job. **P values are assessing comparability of community and facility samples