Sociodemographic characteristics of study participants at Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital
| Variables | Responses | Frequencies | Percentages |
| Residence | Rural | 141 | 33.3 |
| Urban | 282 | 66.7 | |
| Age | 18–30 | 217 | 51.3 |
| 31–40 | 130 | 30.7 | |
| 41–50 | 59 | 13.9 | |
| 51–60 | 17 | 4.0 | |
| Sex | Male | 226 | 53.4 |
| Female | 197 | 46.6 | |
| Marital status | Married | 104 | 24.6 |
| Single | 239 | 56.5 | |
| Divorced | 63 | 14.9 | |
| Widowed | 17 | 4.0 | |
| Religion | Orthodox | 342 | 80.9 |
| Muslim | 66 | 15.6 | |
| Catholic | 8 | 1.9 | |
| Protestant | 7 | 1.7 | |
| Ethnicity | Tigray | 392 | 92.7 |
| Amhara | 15 | 3.5 | |
| Oromo | 6 | 1.4 | |
| Afar | 9 | 2.1 | |
| SNNP | 1 | 0.2 | |
| Education | Illiterate | 109 | 25.8 |
| Can read and write | 18 | 4.3 | |
| Primary school | 107 | 25.3 | |
| High school | 102 | 24.1 | |
| Diploma | 40 | 9.5 | |
| Degree and above | 47 | 11.1 | |
| Occupation | Jobless | 205 | 48.5 |
| Daily labourer | 25 | 5.9 | |
| Farmer | 46 | 10.9 | |
| Private business | 49 | 11.6 | |
| Prisoner | 2 | 0.5 | |
| Student | 33 | 7.8 | |
| Housewife | 23 | 5.4 | |
| Civil servant | 40 | 9.5 | |
| Family size | 1–3 | 235 | 55.6 |
| 4–8 | 165 | 39 | |
| >8 | 23 | 5.4 |
SNNP, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region.