Table 1 Sociodemographic and work-related characteristics of seasonal migrant farmworkers, northwest Ethiopia, 2019 (n = 950)
From: Common mental disorders among seasonal migrant farmworkers in Northwest Ethiopia
Characteristics | Categories | Number(%) |
|---|---|---|
Sex | Male | 943 (99.26%) |
Female | 7 (0.74%) | |
Age (years) | Median (IQR): 25 (20–29) |  |
Educational Status | No education | 447 (47.05%) |
Primary | 406 (42.74%) | |
Secondary and above | 97 (10.21%) | |
Occupation before departure | Students | 177 (18.63%) |
Farmers | 645 (67.89%) | |
Others*(housemaid, merchant, unemployed, etc.) | 128 (13.47%) | |
Family size | 1–2 | 88 (9.26%) |
3–5 | 536 (56.42%) | |
6+ | 326 (34.32%) | |
Residence of origin | Rural | 832 (87.58%) |
Urban | 118 (12.42%) | |
Religion | Orthodox Christianity | 932 (98.11%) |
Muslim | 15 (1.58%) | |
Others (protestant, Catholic) | 3 (0.32%) | |
Marital status | Single | 649 (68.32%) |
Married | 243 (25.58%) | |
Divorced | 58 (6.11%) | |
Average daily income | <  5 USD | 412 (43.37%) |
≥ 5 USD | 538 (56.63%) | |
History of visits in the area | once | 178 (18.74%) |
2+ | 772 (81.26%) | |
Length of stay in months | ≤1 | 540 (56.84%) |
> 1 | 410 (43.16%) | |
Access to health information | Yes | 566 (59.58%) |
No | 384 (40.42%) | |
Source of information, mass media | Yes | 328 (34.53%) |
No | 622 (65.47%) | |
Source of information, health worker | yes | 509 (53.64%) |
no | 440 (46.36%) | |
Source of information, friends/family | Yes | 270 (28.48%) |
No | 678 (71.52%) | |
Source of information, poster/notice | yes | 90 (9.49%) |
No | 858 (90.51%) | |
Source of information, school | Yes | 145 (15.31%) |
No | 802 (84.69%) | |
Working hours per day | ≤ 8 | 259 (27.26%) |
8+ | 691 (72.74%) | |
Working hours per week | ≤ 48 | 97 (10.21%) |
48+ | 853 (89.79%) | |
Heat stress | Yes | 757 (79.68%) |
No | 193 (20.32%) | |
Heat-related illness | Yes | 572 (60.21%) |
No | 378 (39.79%) | |
Ever incident in this working environment | Yes | 291 (30.63%) |
No | 659 (69.37%) | |
CMDs | Yes | 219 (23.05%) |
No | 731 (76.95%) | |
Perceived stress | Yes | 708 (74.53%) |
No | 242 (25.47%) |