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. 2017 Mar 27;15:58. doi: 10.1186/s12955-017-0637-5

Table 1.

Socio-demographics of community dwelling Ethiopian adults

Characteristics Mean ± SD/Frequency
Age (yr) 25.45 ± 5.99
BMI (Kg/m2) 22.07 ± 2.30
Gender
 Male 276 (88.7%)
 Female 35 (11.3%)
Ethnicity
 Bench 87 (28%)
 Kaffa 75 (24.1%)
 Oromo 38 (12.2%)
 Amhara 40 (12.9%)
 Tigre 7 (2.3%)
 Others 64 (20.6%)
Education
 Illiterate 1 (0.3%)
 Can read and write 99 (31.8%)
 Primary (1–8) 21 (6.8%)
 Secondary (9–12) 76 (24.4%)
 College/University 114 (36.7%)
Occupation
 Farmer 36 (11.6%)
 Government Employee 34 (10.9%)
 Merchants 17 (5.5%)
 Housewife 1 (0.3%)
 Others 223 (71.7%)
Religion
 Orthodox Christian 162 (52.1%)
 Protestants Christian 101 (32.5%)
 Islam 44 (14.1%)
 Others 4 (1.3%)
Monthly Family Income (In Birr)
 Very Low (less than 445) 15 (4.8%)
 Low (446–1200) 186 (59.8%)
 Average (1201–2500) 87 (28.0%)
 Above average (2501–3500) 16 (5.1%)
 High (greater than 3500) 7 (2.3%)
Parents
 Single 210 (67.5%)
 Married 98 (31.5%)
 Divorced 3 (1.0%)
Sleep
 Global PSQI score 6.96 ± 3.34
 ICSD-R Classification
 Insomniac/normal 206 (66.2%)/105 (33.8%)
Substance use/Habits
 Chat user/non-user 162 (52.1%)/149 (47.9%)
 Alcoholic/non-alcoholic 230 (74%)/81 (26%)
 Smoker/non-smoker 79 (25.4%)/232 (74.6%)
 Tea/Coffee consumer/non-consumer 308 (99.0%)/3 (1.0%)
 Beverage consumer/beverage non-consumer 129 (41.5%)/182 (58.5%)

BMI body mass index, PSQI Pittsburgh sleep quality index; ICSD-R international classification of sleep disorders, revised criteria