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	1^st year	242	30.1
	2^nd year	232	28.9
	3^rd year	144	17.9
	4^th year	126	15.7
	5^th year	59	7.3

Catholic, Jehovah’s witnesses, and no religion; Gedeo, Wolayta, Siltie, and Sidama.