Table 1.
Socio demographic characteristics and substance use among medical students of Jimma University (n=290), May, 2015.
| Variables | Frequency | Percentage | |
| Sex | Male Female |
205 85 |
70.7 29.3 |
| Age | 18–24 >24 |
208 192 |
71.7 28.3 |
| Religion | Orthodox Protestants Catholic Muslim Others* |
120 64 7 92 7 |
41.4 22.1 2.4 31.7 2.4 |
| Ethnicity | Oromo Amhara Gurage Tigre Wolayta Somale Others ** |
118 76 45 13 14 11 13 |
40.7 26.2 15.5 4.5 4.8 3.8 4.5 |
| Marital status | Single Married |
275 15 |
94.8 5.2 |
| Year of study | Pre-clinical Clinical |
173 117 |
59.7 40.3 |
| Place of origin | Urban Rural |
176 114 |
60.7 39.3 |
|
Income(monthly pocket money) |
<250 250–500 501–750 751–1000 >1000 |
27 122 73 27 41 |
9.3 42.1 25.2 9.3 14.1 |
|
Family history of mental illness |
Yes No |
11 279 |
3.8 96.2 |
| Chat chewing | Yes No |
26 264 |
9.0 91.0 |
| Cigarette smoking | Yes No |
25 265 |
8.6 91.4 |
| Alcohol | Yes No |
39 251 |
13.4 86.6 |
| Shisha/ganga | Yes No |
19 271 |
6.6 93.4 |
Other*= Wakefata and Pagan, other**= Yem, Hadiya and Dawuro,