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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents in GGFRC, south west Ethiopia, 2012 (N = 845)

From: Public stigma against family members of people with mental illness: findings from the Gilgel Gibe Field Research Center (GGFRC), Southwest Ethiopia

Variable	Frequency	Percent
Sex
Female	517	61.18
Male	328	38.82
Marital status
Ever been married^*	638	75.50
Never been married	207	24.50
Religion
Muslim	752	88.99
Others (Orthodox, Protestant)	93	11.01
Ethnicity
Oromo	770	91.12
Others^***	75	8.88
Educational status
Could not read and write	530	62.72
Read and write only	96	11.36
Elementary and above	219	25.92
Occupation
Farmer and house wife	676	80.00
Others^**	169	20.00

^*Single, divorced and widowed, ^**private work, Student, government employee, House worker (maid), ^***Yem, Guraghe, Amhara, Keffa and Dawro.

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