Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants (N = 3346) by heavy episodic drinking, Arba Minch HDSS, South Ethiopia, 2017
Characteristics | Categories | Heavy Episodic Drinking | Total Freq. (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
No Freq. (%) | Yes Freq. (%) | |||
Sex | Male | 1409 (84.17) | 265 (15.83) | 1674 (50.03) |
Female | 1479 (88.46) | 193 (11.54) | 1672 (49.97) | |
Age group | 25–34 | 712 (88.56) | 92 (11.44) | 804 (24.03) |
35–44 | 736 (85.28) | 127 (14.72) | 863 (25.79) | |
45–54 | 732 (86.63) | 113 (13.37) | 845 (25.25) | |
55–64 | 708 (84.89) | 126 (15.11) | 834 (24.93) | |
Ethnicity | Gamo | 2331 (85.92) | 382 (14.08) | 2713 (81.08) |
Zeyse | 251 (86.55) | 39 (13.45) | 290 (8.67) | |
Other | 306 (89.21) | 37 (10.79) | 343 (10.25) | |
Religion | Protestant | 2037 (96.82) | 67 (3.18) | 2104 (62.88) |
Orthodox | 718 (68.12) | 336 (31.88) | 1054 (31.50) | |
Other | 133 (70.74) | 55 (29.26) | 188 (5.62) | |
Marital status | Never married | 105 (90.52) | 11 (9.48) | 116 (3.47) |
Married | 2516 (85.55) | 425 (14.45) | 2941 (87.90) | |
Divorced | 14 (82.35) | 3 (17.65) | 17 (0.51) | |
Widowed | 219 (93.59) | 15 (6.41) | 234 (6.99) | |
Separated | 34 (89.47) | 4 (10.53) | 38 (1.14) | |
Occupation | Farmer | 1459 (82.01) | 320 (17.99) | 1779 (53.17) |
Daily laborer | 237 (92.22) | 20 (7.78) | 257 (7.68) | |
Merchant | 130 (89.04) | 16 (10.96) | 146 (4.36) | |
House wife | 838 (91.68) | 76 (8.32) | 914 (27.32) | |
Employed at Org. | 93 (87.74) | 13 (12.26) | 106 (3.17) | |
Other | 131 (90.97) | 13 (9.03) | 144 (4.30) | |
Educational status | No formal educe | 1992 (85.35) | 342 (14.65) | 2334 (69.75) |
Primary | 680 (88.54) | 88 (11.46) | 768 (22.95) | |
Secondary & above | 216 (88.52) | 28 (11.48) | 244 (7.29) | |
Wealth index | 1st quantile | 512 (76.42) | 158 (23.58) | 670 (20.02) |
2nd quantile | 575 (85.69) | 96 (14.31) | 671 (20.05) | |
3rd quantile | 587 (88.01) | 80 (11.99) | 667 (19.93) | |
4th quantile | 609 (91.03) | 60 (8.97) | 669 (19.99) | |
5th quantile | 605 (90.43) | 64 (9.57) | 669 (19.99) | |
Residency | Rural | 2380 (84.97) | 421 (15.03) | 2801 (83.71) |
Urban | 508 (93.21) | 37 (6.79) | 545 (16.29) | |
Climatic zone | Lowland | 1385 (91.72) | 125 (8.28) | 1510 (45.13) |
Midland | 369 (86.42) | 58 (13.58) | 427 (12.76) | |
Highland | 1134 (80.48) | 275 (19.52) | 1409 (42.11) | |