Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of high school girls in Hadiya zone, Ethiopia, 2011
Variables | Number | Percent% |
|---|---|---|
Age | ||
Below 15 years | 48 | 6.2 |
15–19 years | 708 | 90.8 |
20–25 years | 24 | 3.0 |
Residence | ||
Urban | 274 | 35.1 |
Rural | 506 | 64.9 |
Grade level | ||
Grade 9 | 336 | 43.1 |
Grade 10 | 444 | 56.9 |
Religion | ||
protestant | 626 | 80.3 |
Orthodox | 72 | 9.2 |
Muslim | 40 | 5.1 |
Catholic | 34 | 4.4 |
Others | 5 | 0.6 |
No religion | 3 | 0.4 |
Ethnicity | ||
Hadiya | 694 | 89.0 |
Gurage | 31 | 4.0 |
Kambata | 28 | 3.6 |
Amhara | 18 | 2.3 |
Silte | 7 | 0.9 |
Others | 2 | 0.3 |