Research Article
Prevalence of Alcohol Use and Associated Factors among Dilla University Students, Dilla Town, Southern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents at Dilla University, SNNPR, Ethiopia, 2018.
| Variables | Categories | Frequency | Percentage (%) |
| Sex | Male | 537 | 66.9 | Female | 266 | 33.1 |
| Age | 15–19 | 78 | 9.7 | 20–24 | 656 | 81.7 | 25–30 | 69 | 8.6 |
| Marital status | Married | 37 | 4.6 | Single | 763 | 95.0 | Divorced/widowed | 3 | 0.4 |
| Religion | Orthodox | 469 | 58.4 | Muslim | 134 | 16.7 | Protestant | 171 | 21.3 | Others | 29 | 3.6 |
| Ethnicity | Oromo | 305 | 38.0 | Amhara | 289 | 36.0 | Gurage | 61 | 7.6 | Tigray | 114 | 14.2 | Others | 34 | 4.2 |
| Place of residence | Urban | 344 | 42.8 | Rural | 459 | 57.2 |
| Monthly income | <100 | 49 | 6.1 | 101–299 | 175 | 21.8 | 300–499 | 285 | 35.5 | >500 | 294 | 36.6 |
| Current life | Dormitory | 795 | 99.0 | Nondormitory | 8 | 1.0 |
| Type of high school attended | Public high school | 714 | 88.9 | Private high school | 66 | 8.2 | Missionary high school | 23 | 2.9 |
| Year of study | 1st year | 242 | 30.1 | 2nd year | 232 | 28.9 | 3rd year | 144 | 17.9 | 4th year | 126 | 15.7 | 5th year | 59 | 7.3 |
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Catholic, Jehovah’s witnesses, and no religion; Gedeo, Wolayta, Siltie, and Sidama. |