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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of adult men 15–59 years in Ethiopia, EDHS 2016

From: Prevalence and predictors of alcohol use among adult males in Ethiopia: multilevel analysis of Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey 2016

Variables

Ever use alcohol

Total (%)

Yes

No

Ever chewed khat

 Yes

855

2562

3418 (72.86)

 No

4157

5018

9176 (72.86)

Age group

 15–29

3640

2786

6426 (51.03)

 30–44

2056

2116

4173 (33.13)

 45–59

1030

9364

1995 (15.84)

Sex of the household head

 Male

5141

5893

11,034 (87.61)

 Female

732

827

1560 (12.39)

Marital status

 Married

3726

3977

7704 (61.17)

 Single

2147

2742

4890 (38.83)

Residence

 Urban

1415

1080

2495 (19.82)

 Rural

4458

5640

10,098 (80.18)

Religion

 Orthodox

4939

732

5676 (45.07)

 Muslim

345

3570

3916 (31.09)

 Protestant

477

2267

2745 (21.80)

 Others*

111

144

256 (2.03)

Education

 No education

1922

1846

3773 (29.96)

 Primary

2452

3424

5876 (46.66)

 Secondary

850

994

1845 (14.66)

 Higher

643

455

1099 (8.73)

Region

 Tigray

723

11

794 (6.31)

 Afar

8

73

82 (0.65)

 Amhara

2679

527

3206 (25.46)

 Oromia

1239

3474

4713 (37.43)

 Somali

2

323

326 (2.59)

 Benishangul

60

63

123 (0.98)

 SNNPR

674

1911

2586 (20.53)

 Gambela

19

17

36 (0.29)

 Harari

5

26

31 (0.25)

 Addis Ababa

441

179

620 (4.93)

 Dire-Dawa

19

52

71 (0.57)

Media exposure

 Yes

4365

3788

8154 (64.74)

 No

1508

2932

4440 (35.26)

Wealth index

 Poor

1754

2518

4272 (33.92)

 Middle

1087

1339

2427 (19.27)

 Rich

3031

2863

5895 (46.81)

Working status

 Yes

5266

5905

11,172 (88.71)

 No

607

815

1422 (11.29)

Occupation

 Had occupation

5545

6105

16,650 (92.50)

 Had no occupation

328

615

944(7.50)

Literacy

 Can read

4101

4476

8578 (68.11)

 Cannot read

1772

2244

4016 (31.89)