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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of study participants

From: Perinatal mental distress in a rural Ethiopian community: a critical examination of psychiatric labels

Number of participants

22

Mean age (minimum, maximum)

29 years (18–39 years)

Literate

5 (23%)

Education type

 Formal

6 (27%)

 Informal

3 (14%)

 None

13 (59%)

Formal schooling (years)

 Mean (range)

1.1 (0–8)

Religion

 Muslim

15 (68%)

 Catholic

1 (5%)

 Orthodox Christian

2 (9%)

 Protestant Christian

4 (18%)

Residence

 Rural

19 (86%)

 Urban

3 (14%)