Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of school adolescents and their families by school absenteeism in Jimma zone, 2013
Variables | Categories | Never absent (%) | Absent (%) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Household head | Father | 391 (51.8) | 364 (48.2) | 0.001 |
Mother | 77 (58.8) | 54 (41.2) | ||
Others | 22 (36.6) | 35 (61.4) | ||
Caregivers’ marriage | Married | 424 (52.2) | 389 (47.8) | 0.518 |
Not married | 81 (49.4) | 83 (50.6) | ||
Family size | ≤4 | 105 (47.5) | 116 (52.5) | 0.902 |
≥5 | 299 (48.0) | 324 (52.0) | ||
Student gender | Male | 205 (56.6) | 157 (43.4) | 0.001 |
Female | 271 (43.2) | 357 (56.8) | ||
Residence | Urban | 244 (48.3) | 261 (51.7) | 0.021 |
Rural | 270 (55.7) | 215 (44.3) | ||
Caregiver’s religion | Christian | 169 (50.8) | 164 (49.2) | 0.638 |
Muslim | 336 (52.3) | 306 (47.7) | ||
Mother’s age | ≤29 | 33 (56.9) | 25 (43.1) | 0.160 |
30–34 | 84 (59.6) | 57 (40.4) | ||
35–39 | 163 (50.8) | 158 (49.2) | ||
≥ 40 | 133 (48.7) | 140 (51.3) | ||
Maternal Education | No education | 163 (52.6) | 147 (47.4) | 0.072 |
Read and writea | 78 (60.0) | 52 (40.0) | ||
10school (1–8) | 173 (47.4) | 192 (52.6) | ||
20school (9–12) | 67 (56.8) | 51 (43.2) | ||
Collage & above | 18 (43.9) | 23 (56.1) | ||
Maternal job | Housewives | 287 (50.9) | 277 (49.1) | 0.567 |
Farmers | 21 (46.7) | 24 (53.3) | ||
Others | 125 (54.1) | 106 (45.9) | ||
Paternal education | No education | 58 (43.6) | 75 (56.4) | 0.001 |
Read and writea | 86 (67.2) | 42 (32.8) | ||
10 school (1–8) | 177 (47.6) | 195 (52.4) | ||
20school (9–12) | 99 (54.4) | 83 (45.6) | ||
Collage & above | 63 (60.0) | 42 (40.0) | ||
Paternal occupation | Farmers | 217 (48.3) | 232 (51.7) | 0.035 |
Government employee | 93 (60.0) | 62 (40.0) | ||
Others | 163 (53.6) | 141 (46.4) | ||
Student age | < 14 years | 384 (54.6) | 319 (45.4) | 0.003 |
>15 years | 116 (43.9) | 148 (56.1) | ||
Student birth order | First child | 136 (50.2) | 135 (49.8) | 0.139 |
Second and above | 375(52.6) | 338(47.4) |