Prevalence and associated factors of common mental disorders among Ethiopian migrant returnees from the Middle East and South Africa

Table 1 Background characteristics of the study participants

Characteristics		Number^a	Percent
Sex (N = 1027)
	Male	461	44.9
	Female	566	55.1
Age (years)	Mean (standard deviation)	28 (6.6)
Religion (N = 1019)
	Muslim	519	50.9
	Orthodox	298	29.2
	Protestant	175	17.2
	Catholic	17	1.7
	Other	10	1.0
Ethnicity (N = 849)
	Oromo	166	19.6
	Amhara	233	27.4
	Tigre	86	10.1
	Gurage	166	19.6
	Hadiya	131	15.4
	Kembata	16	1.9
	Other	51	6.0
Region (N = 1015)
	Tigray	145	14.3
	Amhara	204	20.1
	Oromia	264	26.0
	SNNPR	351	34.6
	Addis Ababa	40	3.9
	Dire Dawa	11	1.1
Educational status (N = 1025)
	Cannot read and write	65	6.3
	Read and write only	77	7.5
	Grade 1–4	89	8.7
	Grade 5–8	267	26.0
	Grade 9–10	321	31.3
	Grade 11–12	132	12.9
	Certificate/college diploma	59	5.8
	First degree or above	15	1.5
Marital status (N = 1005)
	Married	448	44.6
	Single	510	50.7
	Divorced	44	4.4
	Separated/widowed	3	0.3
Residence before migration (N = 922)
	Rural	456	49.5
	Urban	466	50.5
Source of family income (N = 955)
	Farming	628	65.8
	Trading	167	17.5
	Government employment	106	11.1
	Other	54	5.7

^aThe fluctuation in the total number of respondents in each demographic variable is due to missing data

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