Internalized Stigma among Patients with Mental Illness Attending Psychiatric Follow-Up at Dilla University Referral Hospital, Southern Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of study participants.

Variable	Number	%
Sex
Male	220	69.4
Female	97	39.7
Age (in years)
18–24	67	21.0
25–34	110	34.8
35–49	140	44.3
Educational status
Illiterate	75	23.6
Elementary	116	36.3
High school	44	14.0
College and above	82	25.9
Marital status
Single	132	41.6
Married	151	47.5
Others	34	10.9
Religion
Protestant	145	45.6
Orthodox	86	27.1
Others	86	27.1
Ethnicity
Gedio	141	44.6
Sidamo	76	24
Guragie	47	14.8
Oromo	36	11.8
Income
<500 BIRR	116	36.4
>500 BIRR	202	63.6
Occupation
Unemployed	58	18.4
Student	27	8.4
Farmer	121	38.1
Governmental worker	111	35.1