. 2019 Jun 7;14:25. doi: 10.1186/s13011-019-0202-9

Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics and help seeking behavior among participants with problematic substance use (n = 548)

Characteristics	Help seeking behavior		Overall (%)	Chisq test(X²) (p-value)
Characteristics	Yes	No	Overall (%)	Chisq test(X²) (p-value)
Sex
Male	135	287	422 (77%)	1.5(.21)
Female	33	93	126 (23%)	1.5(.21)
Education
Uneducated	39	62	101 (18.4%)	3.7(.05)
Educated	129	318	447 (81.6%)	3.7(.05)
Ethnicity
Amhara	131	304	435 (79.4%)	.3(.58)
Others^a	37	76	113 (20.6%)	.3(.58)
Age
18–24	56	106	162 (29.6%)	5.5 (.06)
25–35	91	196	287 (52.4%)
> 35	21	78	99 (18.1%)
Current marital status
Married	38	105	143 (26.1%)	1.5(.22)
Unmarried	130	275	405 (73.9%)	1.5(.22)
Relative wealth
Lower	78	148	226 (41.2%)	2.7(.25)
Same	73	191	264 (48.2%)
Better	17	41	58 (10.6%)
Living circumstance
With family	103	204	307 (56%)	2.7(.09)
Alone	65	176	241 (44%)	2.7(.09)
Job
Yes	78	188	266 (48.5%)	4(.51)
No	90	192	282 (51.5%)	4(.51)

^a(Oromo, Tigray, Gurage)