Table 1 Socio-demographic and psycho-social characteristics of people with depression attending outpatient department at AMSH, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 387)
Variables | Categories | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
Age of respondents (Mean ± SD)40 ± 8 | |||
Sex | Male | 226 | 58.4 |
Female | 161 | 41.6 | |
Ethnicity | Amhara | 180 | 46.5 |
Oromo | 160 | 41.3 | |
Tigre | 30 | 7.8 | |
Othersa | 17 | 4.4 | |
Religion | Orthodox | 201 | 51.9 |
Muslim | 103 | 26.6 | |
Protestant | 70 | 18.1 | |
Othersb | 13 | 3.4 | |
Residence | Urban | 312 | 80.6 |
Rural | 75 | 19.4 | |
Marital status | Single | 209 | 54.0 |
Married | 99 | 25.6 | |
Divorced | 60 | 15.5 | |
widowed and separated | 19 | 4.9 | |
Educational status | unable to read and write | 24 | 6.2 |
primary education | 110 | 28.4 | |
secondary education | 73 | 18.9 | |
Diploma, degree and above | 180 | 46.5 | |
Work status | Private business | 141 | 36.4 |
Jobless | 150 | 38.8 | |
Employed | 79 | 20.4 | |
Othersc | 17 | 4.3 | |
Living arrangement | With families | 280 | 72.4 |
Alone | 107 | 27.6 | |
Social support | Strong | 46 | 11.9 |
Moderate | 185 | 47.8 | |
Poor | 156 | 40.3 | |
Perceived stigma | Yes | 245 | 63.3 |
No | 142 | 36.7 | |