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Table 1 Characteristics of persons with SMI included in the analysis

From: Rural vs urban residence and experience of discrimination among people with severe mental illnesses in Ethiopia

Variable

Rural residence (N = 239)

Urban residence (N = 60)

Total (N = 300)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Sex

 Male

136 (56.9)

36 (60.0)

172 (57.3)

 Female

103 (43.1)

24 (40.0)

128 (42.7)

Education level (N = 299)

 No formal education

99 (41.4)

18 (30.0)

118 (39.3)

 Formal education

140 (58.6)

42 (70.0)

182 (60.7)

Occupation (N = 298)

 Farming

71 (30.0)

5 (8.3)

76 (25.5)

 Self-employed

10 (4.2)

6 (10.0)

16 (5.4)

 Other employed

24 (10.1)

14 (23.3)

38 (12.8)

 House wife

48 (20.3)

10 (16.7)

58 (19.5)

 Unemployed

84 (35.4)

25 (41.7)

110 (36.9)

Socioeconomic status (N = 297)

 Lower poverty

129 (54.4)

47 (79.7)

177 (59.6)

 Higher poverty

108 (45.6)

12 (20.3)

120 (40.4)

Marital status

 Married

88 (36.8)

23 (38.3)

111 (37.0)

 Single, divorced or widowed

151 (63.2)

37 (61.7)

189 (63.0)

Religion

 Orthodox Christian

224 (93.7)

45 (75.0)

270 (90.0)

 Other

15 (6.3)

15 (25.0)

30 (10.0)

Ethnicity

 Gurage

229 (95.8)

54 (90.0)

284 (94.7)

 Other

10 (4.2)

6 (10.0)

16 (5.3)

Diagnosis

 Primary psychotic disorder

208 (87.0)

47 (78.3)

256 (85.3)

 Affective psychosis

31 (13.0)

13 (21.7)

44 (14.7)

AUDIT

 No alcohol use problem (< 8)

171 (71.5)

41 (68.3)

213 (71.0)

 Hazardous use (≥8)

68 (28.5)

19 (31.7)

87 (29.0)

Oslo Social Support (N = 298)

 Poor [3,4,5,6,7,8]

69 (29.1)

22 (36.7)

91 (30.5)

 Intermediate [9,10,11]

127 (53.6)

24 (40.0)

151 (50.7)

 Strong [12,13,14]

41 (17.3)

14 (23.3)

56 (18.8)

 

Mean (95% CI)

Mean (95% CI)

Mean (95% CI)

Age (years)

35.6 (21.8, 49.4)

35.6 (23.8, 47.4)

35.5 (22.1--48.9)

WHODAS 2.0 complex score

44.3 (26.3, 62.3)

40.3 (21.8, 58.8)

43.2 (25.1--61.3)

BPRS-E total score (N = 294)

48.9 (33.5, 64.3)

47.4 (27.9, 60.9)

48.5 (32.9--64.1)

  1. AUDIT Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test, WHODAS World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule, BPRS-E Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale-Expanded Version