Table 1.
Socio-demographic variables of patients with epilepsy on follow-ups at Amanuel Mental Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia, 2019 (n=439)
| Variables | Categories | Frequency (%) |
| Age | 18–25 | 97 (22.1) |
| 26–33 | 120 (27.3) | |
| 34–41 | 116 (26.4) | |
| 42–49 | 63 (14.4) | |
| 50 and above | 43 (9.8) | |
| Sex | Male | 284 (64.3) |
| Female | 155 (35.3) | |
| Religion | Orthodox | 273 (62.2) |
| Muslim | 101 (23) | |
| Protestant | 53 (12.1) | |
| Others* | 12 (2.7) | |
| Ethnicity | Amhara | 146 (33.3) |
| Oromo | 134 (30.5) | |
| Tigre | 20 (4.6) | |
| Gurage | 116 (26.4) | |
| Others** | 23 (5.2) | |
|
Marital status |
Single | 231(52.6) |
| Married | 163 (37.1) | |
| Divorced/Widowed | 45 (10.3) | |
|
Educational status |
No formal education | 94 (21.4) |
| Primary | 126 (28.7) | |
| Secondary | 129 (29.4) | |
| Tertiary and above | 90 (20.5) | |
|
Occupational status |
Employed | 114 (25.9) |
| Private business | 122 (27.8) | |
| Unemployed | 182 (41.5) | |
| Others*** | 21 (4.8) |
*
Catholic, wakefeta, Hawariyat
**
Hadia, wolayta, Gamo, Afar
***
House wife, Student