Table 1 Socio- demographics characteristics of participants in Sodo, Gurage Zone, South Ethiopia
From: Treatment gap, help-seeking, stigma and magnitude of alcohol use disorder in rural Ethiopia
Characteristics | Total N (%) n = 1485 | Alcohol use disorders | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
AUDIT ≥8 Yes | AUDIT ≥16 Yes | |||
|  | N (%) n = 203 | N (%) n = 57 | ||
Age (in years) | < 25 | 207 (13.9) | 22 (10.6) | 2 (3.5) |
25–34 | 427 (28.6) | 34 (8.02) | 8 (14.0) | |
35–44 | 369 (24.8) | 55 (27.1) | 16 (28.1) | |
45–54 | 205 (13.8) | 33 (16.3) | 10 (17.5) | |
≥55 | 280 (18.9) | 59 (29.1) | 21 (36.8) | |
Sex | Female | 806 (54.3) | 21 (10.3) | 2 (3.5) |
Male | 679 (45.7) | 182 (89.7) | 55 (96.5) | |
Marital status | Married and living together | 1104 (74.3) | 168 (82.8) | 48 (84.2) |
Never Married | 178 (12.0) | 23 (11.3) | 6 (10.5) | |
Widowed | 136 (9.2) | 5 (2.5) | 2 (3.5) | |
Divorced | 37 (2.5) | 4 (2.0) | 0 | |
Married & not living together | 30 (2.0) | 3 (1.5) | 1 (1.8) | |
Residence | Rural | 1331 (89.6) | 188 (92.6) | 50 (87.7) |
Urban | 154 (10.4) | 15 (7.4) | 7 (12.3) | |
Education level | Not literate | 719 (48.4) | 54 (26.6) | 14 (24.6) |
Able to read and write | 325 (21.9) | 73 (36.0) | 19 (33.3) | |
Primary | 321 (21.6) | 60 (29.6) | 21 (36.8) | |
Secondary | 92 (6.2) | 15 (73.9) | 3 (5.3) | |
College/university | 24 (1.6) | 1 (0.4) | 0 | |
Occupation type | Housewife | 337 (22.8) | 4 (2.0) | 2 (3.5) |
Farmer | 734 (49.7) | 154 (76.2) | 44 (77.2) | |
Merchant | 145 (10.4) | 14 (6.9) | 2 (3.5) | |
Day laborer | 130 (8.8) | 23 (11.4) | 2 (3.5) | |
Students | 46 (3.1) | 0 | 5 (8.8) | |
Civil servant | 35 (2.4) | 3 (1.5) | 0 | |
Others a | 41 (2.8) | 4 (2) | 2 (3.5) | |
Religion | Orthodox | 1371 (92.3) | 201 (99.0) | 57 (100.0) |
Protestant | 71 (4.8) | 1 (0.5) | 0 | |
Muslim | 41 (2.8) | 1 (0.5) | 0 | |
Others b | 2 (0.1) | 0 | 0 | |
Ethnicity | Gurage | 1384 (93.3) | 189 (93.1) | 51 (89.4) |
Oromo | 66 (4.4) | 12 (5.9) | 5 (8.8) | |
Amhara | 23 (1.5) | 2 (1.0) | 1 (1.8) | |
Othersc | 11 (0.7) | 0 | 0 | |
Perceived relative wealth | Lower | 658 (44.7) | 84 (41.4) | 25 (43.9) |
Average/the same | 714 (48.5) | 104 (51.2) | 30 (52.6) | |
Better off | 99 (6.7) | 15 (7.4) | 2 (3.5) | |