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. 2021 Dec 15;16(12):e0261154. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0261154

Table 1. Socio-demographic characteristic of patients with schizophrenias at southwest Ethiopia, 2019 (n = 515).

Variables Category Numbers (n) Percentage (%)
Sex Male 341 66.2
Female 174 33.8
Age(in years) 18–24 59 11.5
25–34 215 41.7
35–44 178 34.6
45–54 63 12.2
Religion Muslim 332 64.5
Orthodox 101 19.6
Protestant 82 15.9
Ethnicity Oromo 326 63.3
Amhara 116 22.5
SNNP 73 14.2
Marital status Single 175 34.0
Married 287 55.7
Divorced/widowed 53 10.3
Educational status No formal education 132 25.6
Primarily school 150 29.1
Secondary 116 22.5
Above secondary 117 22.7
Residence Urban 292 56.7
Rural 223 43.3
Occupation Government employed 103 20.0
Self-employed 185 35.9
Unemployed 227 44.1
Family size <4 211 41.0
≥4 304 59.0
Monthly Income <700 ǁ ETB 264 51.3
≥700 ETB 251 48.7

SNNP (South nations and nationalities and peoples)–stands for Kaffa, Dawuro, Yem, Walayta, Gurage and Silte, Median of monthly income, ETB–Ethiopian birr.