Table 2 Background information about the parents of high school girls in Hadiya zone, Ethiopia, 2011
Variables | Numbers | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Father’s educational status | ||
Illiterate | 189 | 24.2 |
Read and write only | 200 | 25.6 |
1–8 grade | 188 | 24.1 |
9–12 grade | 123 | 15.8 |
Diploma and above | 74 | 9.5 |
Do not know | 6 | 0.8 |
Mother’s educational status | ||
Illiterate | 274 | 35.1 |
Read and write only | 209 | 26.8 |
1–8 grade | 182 | 23.3 |
9–12 grade | 78 | 10.0 |
Diploma and above | 25 | 3.2 |
Do not know | 12 | 1.5 |
Father’s occupation | ||
Farmer | 557 | 71.4 |
Government employee | 105 | 13.5 |
Private employee | 93 | 11.9 |
No job | 14 | 1.8 |
Others | 11 | 1.4 |
Mother’s occupation | ||
Housewife | 549 | 70.4 |
Farmer | 92 | 11.8 |
Private employee | 86 | 11.0 |
Government employee | 51 | 6.5 |
Others | 2 | 0.3 |