Table 1 Background characteristics of in-school adolescents, Eastern Hararge Zone, Oromia Regional State, Eastern Ethiopia, 2011
From: Pre-marital sexual debut and its associated factors among in-school adolescents in eastern Ethiopia
Variables | Category | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
Respondent’s sex: | Male | 1985 | 71.8 |
Female | 781 | 28.2 | |
Age group: | 14–15 | 286 | 10.3 |
16–71 | 1224 | 44.3 | |
18–19 | 1256 | 45.4 | |
Respondent’s Ethnicity: | Oromo | 2461 | 89.0 |
Amhara | 221 | 8.0 | |
Other | 84 | 3.0 | |
Respondents religion: | Islam | 2342 | 84.7 |
Christian | 353 | 12.8 | |
Other | 71 | 2.5 | |
Respondent’s birth order: | Middle | 1950 | 70.5 |
First | 715 | 25.9 | |
Only child | 101 | 3.6 | |
Perceived self-educational rank: | Top | 925 | 33.4 |
Average | 1780 | 64.4 | |
Weak | 61 | 2.2 | |
Living arrangement for education purpose: | Family/relative | 1799 | 65.0 |
Rental alone | 393 | 14.2 | |
Rental in group | 574 | 20.8 | |
Pocket money from family per month (in Birr) | < 100 | 1324 | 39.8 |
100–200 | 1100 | 47.9 | |
>200 | 342 | 12.3 |