Table 1 Social demographic characteristics of the participants
From: Prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in a community sample in Western Kenya
Variable | Frequency N = 420 | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Male | 204 | 48.6 |
Female | 216 | 51.4 | |
Marital status | Married | 258 | 61.4 |
Single | 137 | 32.6 | |
Widowed/Divorced/Separated | 25 | 6.0 | |
Religion | Muslim | 8 | 1.9 |
Christian | 405 | 96.7 | |
Buddhist | 2 | 0.5 | |
Others | 4 | 1.0 | |
Education level | None/Primary | 194 | 46.2 |
Secondary/Post-Secondary | 226 | 53.8 | |
Employment | Unemployed/Casual | 127 | 30.2 |
Formal employment | 50 | 11.9 | |
Self-employment | 243 | 57.9 | |
Income | <10000 | 271 | 64.5 |
>10 000 | 149 | 35.5 | |
Have a medical condition | No | 349 | 83.1 |
Yes | 71 | 16.9 | |
Ever been diagnosed with mental illness | Yes | 413 | 98.3 |
No | 7 | 1.7 | |