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

Table 3 Mean score of family stigma based on socio-demographic backgrounds in GGFRC, south west Ethiopia, 2012

Variables	Mean	SD	t-test (ANOVA)	P-value
Sex
Female	2.16	0.49	0.00	0.95
Male	2.17	0.49	0.00	0.95
Living with partner
Ever been married	2.18	0.49	1.47	0.23
Never been married	2.13	0.51	1.47	0.23
Setting
Rural	2.30	0.50	177.63	<0.001
Urban	1.87	0.29	177.63	<0.001
Religion
Muslim	2.19	0.49	15.19	<0.001
Others	1.98	0.44	15.19	<0.001
Ethnicity
Oromo	2.19	0.49	27.93	<0.001
Others	1.88	0.38	27.93	<0.001
Educational status
Could not read and write	2.24	0.50	25.20	<0.001
Read and write only	2.22	0.51
Elementary and above	1.97	0.42
Occupation
Farmer and house wife	2.22	0.49	44.00	<0.001
Others	1.95	0.41

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