Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics and help seeking behavior among participants with problematic substance use (n = 548)
From: Help seeking behavior for problematic substance uses in north-West Ethiopia
Characteristics | Help seeking behavior | Overall (%) | Chisq test(X2) (p-value) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | |||
Sex | ||||
Male | 135 | 287 | 422 (77%) | 1.5(.21) |
Female | 33 | 93 | 126 (23%) | |
Education | ||||
Uneducated | 39 | 62 | 101 (18.4%) | 3.7(.05) |
Educated | 129 | 318 | 447 (81.6%) | |
Ethnicity | ||||
Amhara | 131 | 304 | 435 (79.4%) | .3(.58) |
Othersa | 37 | 76 | 113 (20.6%) | |
Age | ||||
18–24 | 56 | 106 | 162 (29.6%) | 5.5 (.06) |
25–35 | 91 | 196 | 287 (52.4%) | |
> 35 | 21 | 78 | 99 (18.1%) | |
Current marital status | ||||
Married | 38 | 105 | 143 (26.1%) | 1.5(.22) |
Unmarried | 130 | 275 | 405 (73.9%) | |
Relative wealth | ||||
Lower | 78 | 148 | 226 (41.2%) | 2.7(.25) |
Same | 73 | 191 | 264 (48.2%) | |
Better | 17 | 41 | 58 (10.6%) | |
Living circumstance | ||||
With family | 103 | 204 | 307 (56%) | 2.7(.09) |
Alone | 65 | 176 | 241 (44%) | |
Job | ||||
Yes | 78 | 188 | 266 (48.5%) | 4(.51) |
No | 90 | 192 | 282 (51.5%) | |