Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of patients with schizophrenia on follow-up at Amanuel Specialized Mental Hospital
Variable category | Frequency (%) | |
|---|---|---|
Age in years | ≤35 | 146 (48.7) |
> 35 | 154 (51.3) | |
Sex | Male | 195 (65.0) |
Female | 105 (35.0) | |
Residence | Urban | 166 (55.3) |
Rural | 134 (44.7) | |
Religion | Orthodox Christian | 179 (59.7) |
Muslim | 113 (37.7) | |
Others | 8 (2.7) | |
Ethnicity | Oromo | 89 (29.7) |
Amhara | 105 (35.0) | |
Gurage | 69 (23.0) | |
Others | 37 (12.3) | |
Level of education | Primary education | 171 (57.0) |
Secondary education | 100 (33.3) | |
college and above | 29 (9.7) | |
Marital status | Single | 150 (50.0) |
Married | 111 (37.0) | |
Widowed | 11 (3.7) | |
Divorced | 28 (9.3) | |
Occupation | Jobless | 114 (38.0) |
Government employee | 28 (9.3) | |
Private business | 83 (27.7) | |
Farmer | 45 (15.0) | |
Others | 30 (10.0) | |
Substance use | Yes | 74 (24.7) |
no | 226 (75.3) | |
Smoke cigarettes | Yes | 61 (20.3) |
No | 239 (79.9) | |
Chew khat | Yes | 60 (20.0) |
No | 240 (80.0) | |
Drink alcohol | Yes | 50 (16.7) |
No | 250 (83.3) | |