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Table 2 Responses for individual discrimination items: treated unfairly in the past year

From: Rural vs urban residence and experience of discrimination among people with severe mental illnesses in Ethiopia

Item

Response, N (%)

Not at all

A little

Moderately

A lot

Not applicable

Making or keeping friends

210 (70.0)

16 (5.3)

30 (10.0)

35 (11.7)

9 (3.0)

People in your neighborhood

234 (78.0)

17 (5.7)

31 (10.3)

17 (5.7)

1 (0.3)

Dating or intimate relationships

225 (75.0)

12 (4.0)

24 (8.0)

10 (3.3)

29 (9.7)

Housing

266 (88.7)

8 (2.7)

4 (1.3)

19 (6.3)

3 (1.0)

Education

220 (73.3)

5 (1.7)

7 (2.3)

4 (1.3)

64 (21.3)

Marriage or divorce (N = 299)

192 (64.2)

12 (4.0)

16 (5.4)

15 (5.0)

64 (21.4)

Family

262 (87.3)

12 (4.0)

7 (2.3)

18 (6.0)

1 (0.3)

Finding a job

233 (77.7)

15 (5.0)

16 (5.3)

16 (5.3)

20 (6.7)

Keeping a job

229 (76.3)

16 (5.3)

8 (2.7)

14 (4.7)

33 (11.0)

Using public transport

261 (87.0)

11 (3.7)

17 (5.7)

8 (2.7)

3 (1.0)

Religious practices

281 (93.7)

7 (2.3)

8 (2.7)

4 (1.3)

0 (0.0)

Social life

254 (84.7)

15 (5.0)

20 (6.7)

7 (2.3)

4 (1.3)

Police

279 (93.0)

6 (2.0)

10 (3.3)

4 (1.3)

1 (0.3)

Physical health treatmenta

296 (98.7)

2 (0.7)

1 (0.3)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.3)

Mental health staffa

298 (99.3)

1 (0.3)

1 (0.3)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Personal safety and security

241 (80.3)

12 (4.0)

28 (9.3)

19 (6.3)

0 (0.0)

Starting a family or having children (N = 299)

219 (73.2)

6 (2.0)

8 (2.7)

7 (2.3)

59 (19.7)

Role as a parent

215 (71.7)

8 (2.7)

9 (3.0)

10 (3.3)

58 (19.3)

Avoided or shunned

185 (61.7)

37 (12.3)

37 (12.3)

41 (13.7)

0 (0.0)

  1. aItems were excluded from the total discrimination score and multivariable analysis due to low frequency of endorsement