Research Article
Depression among Ethiopian Adults: Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents in Ebinat town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2015.
| Variable | Category | Frequency (n) | Percentage (%) |
| Age | 18–24 | 234 | 30 | 25–34 | 298 | 38.3 | 35–44 | 131 | 16.8 | 45–54 | 54 | 6.9 | ≥55 | 62 | 8 |
| Sex | Male | 416 | 53.4 | Female | 363 | 46.6 |
| Ethnicity | Amhara | 775 | 99.5 | Tigre | 4 | 0.5 |
| Educational status | Unable to read and write | 204 | 26.2 | Primary | 151 | 19.4 | Secondary and above | 424 | 54.4 |
| Religion | Orthodox | 682 | 87.5 | Muslim | 95 | 12.2 | Protestant | 2 | 0.3 |
| Marital status | Widowed & divorced | 106 | 13.6 | Single | 300 | 38.5 | Married | 373 | 47.6 |
| Living circumstance | With family | 561 | 72 | Alone | 204 | 26.2 | Other | 14 | 1.8 |
| Wealth index | Lower income | 141 | 18.1 | Medium income | 382 | 49 | High income | 256 | 32.9 |
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