Research Article
Perceived Need to Counseling Service and Associated Factors among Higher Education Institutions: The Case of Dilla University, Southern Ethiopia
Table 5
Identified counseling needs of students in higher education.
| Seeking counseling about my education | Frequency | Percent |
| Yes | 280 | 70.2 | No | 119 | 29.8 | Total | 399 | 100.0 |
| My current/future career development | | | Yes | 117 | 29.4 | No | 282 | 70.7 | Total | 399 | 100.0 |
| Mental health (depression, anxiety, etc.) | | | Yes | 122 | 30.6 | No | 274 | 68.7 | Not sure | 3 | 0.8 | Total | 399 | 100.0 |
| My interpersonal relationship | | | Yes | 66 | 16.6 | No | 333 | 83.5 | Total | 399 | 100.0 |
| Love life/sexual relationship | | | Yes | 51 | 12.8 | No | 348 | 87.2 | Total | 399 | 100.0 |
| Inability to adjust to campus life | | | Yes | 53 | 13.3 | No | 346 | 86.8 | Total | 399 | 100.0 |
| Financial support | | | Yes | 42 | 10.5 | No | 357 | 89.5 | Total | 399 | 100.0 |
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Source: researcher’s field data, 2021.
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