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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)
  1. percentages un-weighted
  2. a- includes priest and other unspecified works; b- includes Wolayta, Tigrayan; c -includes Catholic, no religion,