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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of participants (n = 226)

From: Health care seeking behavior for depression in Northeast Ethiopia: depression is not considered as illness by more than half of the participants

Variables

Frequency

Percent (%)

Sex

 Male

97

42.9

 Female

129

57.1

Age

 18–25

128

56.6

 26–40

80

35.4

 40 and above

18

8

Religion

 Orthodox

152

67.3

 Islam

74

32.7

Marital status

 Single

129

57.1

 Divorced

5

2.2

 Widowed

9

4.0

 Married

83

36.7

Educational status

 Cannot read and write

13

5.8

 Primary school

30

13.3

 Secondary school

68

30

 Diploma and above

115

50.9

Ethnicity

 Amhara

210

92.9

 Oromo

6

2.7

 Tigre

8

3.5

 Afar

2

0.9

Occupational status

 Had job

152

67.3

 Had no specified job

74

32.7

Wealth index

 Poor

77

34.1

 Second

54

23.9

 Middle

51

22.6

 Rich

44

19.4