Community Perception towards Mental Illness among Residents of Gimbi Town, Western Ethiopia

Table 5

Distribution of factors associated with community’s perception of mental illness among residents of Gimbi town, West Wellega Zone, Oromia region, Ethiopia, 2014.

Variable	Perception		Crud OR 95% CI	Adjusted OR
	Good (%)	Poor (%)
Age
18–28	215 (68.7)	98 (31.3)	1.00	1.00
29–38	210 (69.8)	91 (30.2)	1.05 (0.7, 1.5)	1.2 (0.8, 1.9)
≥39	87 (43.1)	115 (56.9)	0.35 (0.24, 0.50)	0.5 (0.30, 0.80)
Education
Illiterate	40 (42.6)	54 (57.4)	0.41 (0.01, 0.18)	0.09 (0.02, 0.46)
Elementary	138 (48.4)	147 (51.6)	0.05 (0.01, 0.22)	0.07 (0.02, 0.33)
High school	187 (66.8)	93 (33.2)	0.11 (0.03, 0.47)	0.13 (0.03, 0.61)
Diploma	118 (93.3)	8 (6.7)	0.77 (0.16, 3.80)	1.35 (0.25, 7.24)
Degree & above	36 (94.7)	2 (5.3)	1.00	1.00
Occupation
Government	100 (88.5)	13 (11.5)	1.00	RC
Private	121 (44.8)	149 (55.2)	0.11 (0.06, 0.20)	0.41 (0.19, 0.87)
Merchant	188 (73.4)	68 (26.6)	0.36 (0.19, 0.68)	1.25 (0.60, 2.69)
Student	42 (63.6)	24 (36.4)	0.23 (0.11, 0.49)	0.62 (0.25, 1.56)
Housewife	61 (55.0)	50 (45.0)	0.16 (0.08, 0.32)	0.84 (.36, 1.96)
Mental health information	Yes 423 (75.0)	141 (25.0)	1.00	RC
	No 89 (35.3)	161 (64.7)	0.18 (0.13, 0.25)	0.133 (0.09, 0.2)
Family history of mental illness	Yes 74 (74.0)	26 (26.0)	1.00	RC
	No 438 (61.2)	278 (38.8)	0.14 (0.35, 0.89)	0.37 (0.21, 0.66)

value < 0.05; RC: reference category.