Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of adolescent girls in Dabat HDSS site, northwest Ethiopia, 2016
Variables | Response | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
Ethnicity | Amhara | 1547 | 99.8 |
Others | 3 | 0.2 | |
Religion | Muslim | 45 | 2.9 |
Orthodox | 1502 | 96.9 | |
Others | 3 | 0.2 | |
Ages of the adolescent | Early adolescent (10 to 14) | 986 | 63.6 |
Middle adolescent (15 to 17) | 502 | 32.4 | |
Late adolescent (18 to 19) | 62 | 4 | |
Educational level | Unable to read and write | 70 | 4.5 |
Able to read and write | 38 | 2.5 | |
Elementary | 1366 | 88.1 | |
High school | 74 | 4.8 | |
Certificate and above | 2 | 0.1 | |
Marital status of adolescent | Single | 1496 | 96.5 |
Married | 47 | 3 | |
Divorced | 7 | 0.5 | |
Residency | Rural | 1340 | 86.5 |
Urban | 210 | 13.5 | |
Occupation | Un employed | 20 | 1.3 |
Farmer | 37 | 2.4 | |
Student | 1383 | 89.2 | |
Own business | 110 | 7.1 | |
Usual house work | |||
Fetching water | No | 53 | 3.4 |
Yes | 1497 | 96.6 | |
Wood collection | No | 357 | 23 |
Yes | 1193 | 77 | |
Farming | No | 971 | 62.6 |
Yes | 579 | 37.4 | |
Market | No | 869 | 56.1 |
Yes | 681 | 43.9 | |
Mashing | No | 748 | 48.3 |
Yes | 802 | 51.7 | |
Baking | No | 579 | 37.4 |
Yes | 971 | 62.6 | |
Crushing | No | 1120 | 72.3 |
Yes | 430 | 27.7 | |