Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of adolescent girls at Gedeo zone high schools, Southern Ethiopia 2019 (n = 791)
Variables | Categories | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
Age | < 15 years | 118 | 14.9 |
> 15 years | 573 | 85.1 | |
Living with | Parents | 290 | 31.3 |
Relatives | 253 | 27.3 | |
Peers | 215 | 23.2 | |
Residency | Town | 243 | 30.7 |
Rural | 548 | 69.3 | |
Religion | Orthodox | 206 | 26.0 |
Protestant | 461 | 58.3 | |
Muslim | 64 | 8.1 | |
Others | 60 | 7.6 | |
Ethnicity | Gedeo | 409 | 51.7 |
Oromo | 182 | 23.0 | |
Amhara | 133 | 16.8 | |
Guragie | 25 | 3.2 | |
Others | 42 | 5.3 | |
Birth order | First | 285 | 36.0 |
In between | 326 | 41.2 | |
Last | 180 | 22.8 | |
Maternal education | Unable to read and write | 278 | 35.1 |
Able to read and write | 138 | 17.4 | |
Primary | 213 | 26.9 | |
Secondary | 73 | 9.2 | |
Diploma and above | 89 | 11.3 | |
Paternal education | Unable to read and write | 202 | 25.5 |
Able to read and write | 212 | 26.8 | |
Primary | 271 | 34.3 | |
Secondary | 44 | 5.6 | |
Diploma and above | 62 | 7.8 | |
Family structure | Nuclear | 538 | 68.0 |
Extended | 253 | 32.0 |