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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of survey participants

From: Prevalence of mental disorders, associated co-morbidities, health care knowledge and service utilization in Rwanda – towards a blueprint for promoting mental health care services in low- and middle-income countries?

Frequency, n (%)

General population

(N = 19,110)

Genocide survivors

(N = 1271)

Sex

 Male

7877 (41.2)

322 (25.3)

 Female

11,233 (58.8)

949 (74.7)

Age group, years (general population)

 14–18

2825 (14.8)

 19–25

3358 (17.6)

 26ؘ–35

4830 (25.3)

 36–45

3711 (19.4)

 46–55

2354 (12.3)

 56–65

2032 (10.6)

Age group, years (genocide survivors subpopulation)

 24ؘ–34

275 (21.6)

 35–44

314 (24.7)

 45–54

309 (24.3)

 55–65

373 (29.3)

Residence

 Urban

2669 (14.0)

NE

 Rural

16,311 (85.4)

NE

Marital status

 Never married

6143 (32.1)

139 (10.9)

 Married

7683 (40.2)

692 (54.4)

 Living together as if married

3209 (16.8)

238 (18.7)

 Divorced/separated

715 (3.7)

61 (4.8)

 Widowed

1360 (7.1)

141 (11.1)

Education

 Illiterate and primary school not completed

4958 (25.9)

310 (24.4)

 Primary school

10,802 (56.5)

664 (52.2)

 Secondary/technical and vocational education and training

2934 (15.4)

224 (17.6)

 University

416 (2.2)

73 (5.7)

Ubudehe category

 Category 1

2842 (14.9)

297 (23.4)

 Category 2

7996 (41.8)

520 (40.9)

 Category 3

8160 (42.7)

452 (35.6)

 Category 4

9 (0.0)

1 (0.1)

 Unknown

103 (0.5)

1 (0.1)

Employment

 Salaried employee

634 (3.3)

76 (6.0)

 Self-employed

8973 (47.0)

796 (62.6)

 Unemployed

4350 (22.8)

399 (31.4)

 Under age of labor force

5153 (27.0)

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  1. NE Not evaluated