Table 1: Socio-demographic characteristics of school
adolescents in Kemebata Temebaro Zone, February 2012.
Variable |
Number |
Percent (%) |
Sex |
||
Male |
420 |
54.4 |
Female |
352 |
45.6 |
Age category |
||
15-17 |
493 |
64.3 |
18 &19 |
274 |
35.7 |
Level of education |
||
Grade
nine |
402 |
52.1 |
Grade ten |
370 |
47.9 |
Religion |
||
Protestant |
588 |
76.2 |
Orthodox |
67 |
8.2 |
Catholic |
104 |
13.5 |
Muslim |
9 |
1.1 |
Other |
4 |
0.5 |
Ethnicity |
||
Kemebata |
480 |
62.2 |
Temebaro |
38 |
4.9 |
Hadiya |
175 |
22.7 |
Amhara |
59 |
7.6 |
Other |
20 |
2.6 |
Living arrangement |
||
Living
with mother and father |
642 |
83.2 |
With
father only |
79 |
10.2 |
With
mother only |
26 |
3.4 |
Other |
25 |
3.2 |
Residence |
||
Rural |
428 |
55.4 |
Urban |
344 |
44.6 |
Family
size |
||
Greater
than 5 |
485 |
62.8 |
Less than 5 |
287 |
37.2 |
Mother’s
educational level |
||
No
formal education |
255
|
33.1 |
Primary
education |
221
|
28.6 |
Secondary
education and above |
296 |
38.3 |
Father’s educational level |
||
Can’t
read and write |
236 |
30.6 |
Primary
education |
226 |
29.3 |
Secondary education and above |
310 |
40.1 |
Mothers’
occupation |
||
House
wife |
522
|
67.6 |
Government
employee |
62 |
8 |
Private
Employee |
15 |
2 |
Small
scale merchant |
115 |
14.9 |
Other |
58 |
7.5 |
Fathers’ occupation |
||
Farmer
|
491 |
63.6 |
Government
Employee |
115 |
14.9 |
Private
Employee |
52 |
6.7 |
Small
scale merchant |
85 |
11 |
Other
|
29
|
3.8 |