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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents residing in Hosanna, Southern Ethiopia, 2022

From: Attitudes towards schizophrenia and associated factors among community members in Hossana town: a mixed method study

Particular

Category response

Frequency

Percent (%)

Gender

Male

231

55.3

Female

186

44.6%

Religion

Protestant

271

65

Orthodox

125

30

Muslim

12

3

Catholic

9

2

Age groups

 < 20

84

20

20–30

174

41.7

31–40

123

29.5

 > 40

36

8.6

Ethnicity

Hadiya

258

62

Kambata

71

17

Gurage

52

12.5

Amahara

36

8.5

Marital status

Single

41

9.8

Married

376

90.2

Education status

No formal education

89

21.4

Primary(grade 1–8)

121

29

Secondary (grade 9–12)

106

25.4

College and above

101

24.2

Family history of mental illness

Yes

37

8.9

No

380

91.9

Occupational status

Housewife

100

24

Merchant

82

19.7

Government employee

117

28

Daily laborer

60

14.4

Others

58

13.9

Monthly income(EBirr)

 < 1000

62

15

1000–2000

179

43

 > 2000

176

42

  1. EBirr Ethiopian Birr