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Table 1 Socio demographic characteristic of prisoners in the prisons of northwest Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia, January-February, 2015 (n = 649)

From: More than eight in every nineteen inmates were living with depression at prisons of Northwest Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia, a cross sectional study design

Covariate

Frequency (%)

Sex

 Male

583 (89.8)

 Female

66 (10.2)

Residence

 Urban

434 (66.9)

 Rural

215 (33.1)

Religion

 Orthodox

584 (90)

 Othersa

65 (10)

Marital status

 Single

306 (47.1)

 Married

228 (35.1)

 Not live with partners

115 (17.7)

Educational status

 Not read and write

108 (16.6)

 Read and write

97 (14.9)

 1–8 grade complete

129 (19.9)

 9–12 grade complete

206 (31.9)

 Certificate and above

109 (16.8)

  1. aMuslim, Catholic and Protestant