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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of Debre Berhan University students, April 2015

From: Common mental disorder and its association with academic performance among Debre Berhan University students, Ethiopia

Characteristics

Frequency

K10 score

n

%

Mean

SD

Sex

 Male

304

78.4

10.45

7.94

 Female

84

21.6

10.59

8.88

Field of study

 Natural and computational science

51

13.1

11.45

8.63

 Agricultural science

24

6.2

9.75

8.00

 Business and economics

59

15.2

11.9

7.47

 Computer science and IT

25

6.4

12.76

10.11

 Engineering

171

44.1

9.48

7.57

 Humanity and social science

36

9.3

11.38

9.19

 Othersa

22

5.7

8.91

8.54

Educational level

 1st year

89

22.9

11.17

8.65

 2nd year

100

25.8

10.01

7.98

 3rd year

70

18.0

11.16

8.42

 4th year

14

3.6

10.50

7.08

 5th year

115

29.6

9.90

7.90

Ethnicity

 Amhara

281

72.4

11.00

8.50

 Oromo

47

12.1

8.91

6.81

 Othersb

60

15.5

9.24

7.12

Religion

 Orthodox Christian

330

85.1

10.73

8.28

 Protestant

31

8.0

10.16

8.69

 Othersc

27

7.0

7.69

4.93

Worshiping

 Frequently (daily)

171

44.1

9.86

8.52

 Less frequently

197

50.8

11.17

7.91

 Never

20

5.2

8.95

6.62

Marital status

 Single

297

76.5

10.48

7.97

 In relationship

65

16.8

11.35

8.94

 Othersd

26

6.7

8.24

7.99

Additional work

 Yese

30

7.7

11.66

8.39

 No

358

92.3

10.38

8.13

  1. N = 388
  2. aLaw, Health Science and Medicine
  3. bTigray, Gurage, Agaw, Sidama, Afar, Awi, Wolayita, Gamo, Silte, Hadiya, Konso and Gedeo
  4. cCatholic, Adventist and Apostolic church
  5. dDivorce and married
  6. eWood work, university police, daily laborer, helping family, pool keeping, guider, driver, farming, religious education, construction forman, any kind of work, merchant and teacher