|
Age in years
|
|
15–19
|
109
|
31.5
|
|
20–24
|
135
|
39.0
|
|
25–29
|
64
|
18.5
|
|
>30
|
38
|
11.0
|
|
Relationship status
|
|
Had no regular partner
|
198
|
57.3
|
|
Had regular partner
|
87
|
25.0
|
|
Dissolved (widowed and divorced)
|
61
|
17.7
|
|
Educational status
|
|
Illiterate
|
62
|
17.9
|
|
Literate
|
284
|
82.1
|
|
Grade fulfilled (n = 284)
|
|
Elementary (1–8)
|
180
|
52.3
|
|
High school (9–12)
|
81
|
23.4
|
|
Higher education
|
23
|
6.4
|
|
Ethnicity
|
|
Tigrian
|
307
|
88.7
|
|
Others*
|
39
|
11.3
|
|
Religion
|
|
Orthodox
|
339
|
97.7
|
|
Others@
|
7
|
2.3
|
|
Place of work
|
|
Bar
|
79
|
22.8
|
|
Hotel
|
35
|
10.1
|
|
Night club
|
30
|
8.7
|
|
Open door (in-house)
|
167
|
48.3
|
|
Street, coffee house and others#
|
35
|
10.1
|
|
Additional work
|
|
Yes
|
40
|
11.5
|
|
No
|
306
|
88.5
|
|
Type of additional work (n = 40)
|
|
Micro and small activity
|
20
|
50.0
|
|
Daily labor
|
8
|
20.0
|
|
Waiter
|
6
|
15.0
|
|
Coffee house, housemaid
|
6
|
15.0
|
|
Monthly income in USD
|
|
<=50
|
127
|
36.7
|
|
50–100
|
129
|
37.3
|
|
>100 and < =150
|
59
|
17.0
|
|
>150
|
31
|
9.0
|
|
Birth place
|
|
Urban
|
174
|
50.3
|
|
Rural
|
172
|
49.7
|
|
Arrived from out of Mekelle
|
|
Yes
|
293
|
84.7
|
|
No
|
53
|
15.3
|
|
Reason leaving birth place (n = 293)
|
|
Searching for better life
|
167
|
57.0
|
|
Fear of early marriage, war or instability
|
31
|
10.6
|
|
Family collapse
|
67
|
22.9
|
|
Others$
|
28
|
9.5
|
