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Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of the study subjects, Northwest Ethiopia, 2018

From: Sero-prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii and associated risk factors among psychiatric outpatients attending University of Gondar Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

Variables

Psychiatric group

Frequency

n(%)

Control group

Frequency

n (%)

Total

Frequency

n (%)

Sex

 Male

85 (55.9)

93 (61.2)

178 (58.6)

 Female

67 (44.1)

59 (38.8)

126 (41.4)

Age

  ≤ 20

 21–40

15 (9.9)

98 (64.5)

3 (2.0)

136 (89.5)

18 (5.9)

234 (77.0)

  ≥ 41

39 (25.7)

13 (8.6)

52 (17.1)

Resident

 Urban

75 (49.3)

37 (24.3)

112 (36.8)

 Rural

77 (50.7)

115 (75.7)

192 (63.2)

Occupation

 Student

29 (19.1)

35 (23.0)

64 (21.1)

 Government

29 (19.1)

79 (52.0)

108 (35.5)

 Daily labor

20 (13.2)

11 (7.2)

31 (10.2)

 Farmer

55 (36.2)

18 (11.8)

73 (24.0)

 Merchant

9 (5.9)

9 (5.9)

18 (5.9)

Religion

 Orthodox

135 (88.8)

123 (80.9)

258 (84.9)

 Protestant

3 (2.2)

11 (7.2)

14 (4.6)

 Muslim

12 (7.9)

17 (11.2)

29 (9.5)

 Other

2 (1.3)

1 (0.7)

3 (1.0)

Level of education

 Illiterate

55 (36.2)

10 (6.6)

65 (21.4)

 Elementary

36 (23.7)

15 (9.9)

51 (16.8)

 Secondary

25 (16.4)

19 (12.5)

44 (14.5)

 Certificate

36 (23.7)

108 (71.1)

144 (47.4)