|
Characteristics of respondents (n = 574)
|
Numbers
|
Percent
|
|---|
|
Age group (years)
|
10-13
|
76
|
13.24
|
| |
14-16
|
306
|
53.31
|
| |
17-19
|
192
|
33.45
|
|
Religion
|
Orthodox
|
313
|
54.53
|
| |
Islam
|
239
|
41.64
|
| |
Others*
|
22
|
3.83
|
|
Residence
|
Rural
|
315
|
54.88
|
| |
Urban
|
259
|
45.12
|
|
Grade
|
Grade 7
|
305
|
53.14
|
| |
Grade 8
|
269
|
46.86
|
|
Marital status
|
Never married
|
568
|
98.95
|
| |
Married
|
6
|
1.05
|
|
Ethnicity
|
Amhara
|
562
|
97.91
|
| |
Tigre
|
12
|
2.09
|
|
Live with
|
Both parents
|
425
|
74.04
|
| |
Mother only
|
81
|
14.11
|
| |
Relatives
|
43
|
7.49
|
| |
Others**
|
25
|
4.36
|
|
Mother’s education
|
Illiterate
|
244
|
42.51
|
| |
Read & write
|
181
|
31.53
|
| |
Primary
|
83
|
14.46
|
| |
Secondary and above
|
66
|
11.50
|
|
Father’s education
|
Illiterate
|
153
|
26.66
|
| |
Read & write
|
210
|
36.59
|
| |
Primary
|
98
|
17.07
|
| |
Secondary and above
|
113
|
19.69
|
|
Mother’s occupation
|
House wife
|
361
|
62.89
|
| |
Petty trader
|
157
|
27.35
|
| |
Employed*****
|
37
|
6.45
|
| |
Others***
|
19
|
3.31
|
|
Father’s occupation
|
Farmer
|
381
|
66.38
|
| |
Petty trader
|
81
|
14.11
|
| |
Employed*****
|
101
|
17.59
|
| |
Others****
|
11
|
1.92
|
|
Monthly expenditure (Eth Birr)
|
<=300
|
129
|
22.47
|
| |
301-600
|
170
|
29.62
|
| |
601-900
|
91
|
15.85
|
| |
901-1200
|
103
|
17.94
|
| |
>1200
|
81
|
14.11
|
- NB: *(protestant and catholic), **(live with husband and father), ***(farmer, daily laborer), ****(carpenter, barber, daily laborer), *****employed (government and private).
