Pathways into and out of homelessness among people with severe mental illness in rural Ethiopia: a qualitative study

Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of people with lived experience of SMI and homelessness

People with lived experience of SMI and homelessness
Interview	Gender	Age	Marital status	Years of education	Residence	Type of homelessness experienced	Linked interviews
IDI 3	Female	40	Divorced	0	Urban	Long-term	IDIs 1, 2
IDI 7	Male	38	Married	6	Urban	Long-term	IDI 6
IDI 11	Male	56	Widowed	9	Urban	Long-term and intermittent linked with alcoholic relapse	IDI 9
IDI 12	Male	44	Single	0	Rural	Intermittent
IDI 13	Male	28	Single	9	Urban	Intermittent
IDI 14	Male	35	Married	8	Urban	Single homeless episode	IDI 15
IDI 16	Male	40	Single	6	Rural	Intermittent
IDI 18	Male	30	Single	0	Rural	Intermittent
IDI 19	Male	45	Married	6	Rural	Intermittent
IDI 20	Male	50	Married	7	Rural	Intermittent homelessness reported by caregiver; person with SMI reported that they had stayed in other people’s homes	IDI 21
IDI 22	Male	28	Single	5	Rural	Intermittent
IDI 23	Male	38	Single	5	Rural	Long-term	IDI 24
IDI 24	Male	25	Single	4	Rural	Intermittent	IDI 23
IDI 25	Female	28	Married	7	Urban	Intermittent
IDI 26	Female	30	Single	9	Rural	Intermittent

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