Prevalence and Associated Factors of Depression among Prisoners in Jimma Town Prison, South West Ethiopia

Table 1

Background characteristics of study participants among prisoners in Jimma town prison, South West Ethiopia, June 2017 ().

Study variables	Frequency ()	Percentage (%)
Gender
Male	311	93.7
Female	21	6.3
Age
18–20	82	24.7
21–25	78	23.5
26–34	90	27.1
>34	82	24.7
Marital status
Married	132	39.8
Single	180	54.2
Other	20	6.0
Ethnicity
Oromo	218	65.4
Amhara	51	15.4
Dawuro	34	10.2
Other	29	8.7
Religion
Muslim	189	56.9
Orthodox	110	33.2
protestant	33	9.9
Residence before imprisonment
Rural	115	34.6
Urban	217	65.4
Monthly income (ETB)
<500	110	33.1
501–1000	65	19.6
1001–2500	75	22.6
>2501	82	24.7
Educational status
Not educated	47	14.2
1–8 Grade	176	53.0
9–12 Grade	81	24.4
Higher education	28	8.4
Occupational before incarceration
Employed	154	46.4
Unemployed	178	53.6
Having children
Yes	134	40.4
No	198	59.6

Widowed, separated, and divorced. Kefa, Gurage, Tigre, and Yem. Current currency 1$ = 23.35ETB.