Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of secondary school youths in Woreta town, South Gondar, Ethiopia 2018 (n = 345)
Variable | Category | Frequency | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Male | 161 | 46.7 |
Female | 184 | 53.3 | |
Age | 15–19 | 286 | 82.9 |
20–24 | 59 | 17.1 | |
Grade level | Grade 9–10 | 166 | 48.2 |
Grade 11–12 | 179 | 51.8 | |
Religion | Muslim | 23 | 6.7 |
Protestant | 5 | 1.4 | |
Other | 1 | 0.3 | |
Ethnic group | Amhara | 342 | 99.1 |
Oromo | 2 | 0.6 | |
Tigre | 1 | 0.3 | |
Other | 0 | 0 | |
With whom do you usually live | With my father and mother | 284 | 82.3 |
With mother only | 29 | 8.4 | |
With father only | 7 | 2.0 | |
With relatives | 6 | 1.7 | |
With friends | 10 | 2.9 | |
Alones | 9 | 2.6 | |
How often did you discuss sex related issues with your parents | In the past 3 months | 30 | 8.7 |
In the past 6 months | 38 | 11.0 | |
In the past 1 year and above | 277 | 80.3 | |
Parents education level | Don’t read and write | 72 | 20.9 |
Reade and write only | 142 | 41.2 | |
Primary school | 46 | 13.3 | |
Secondary school | 30 | 8.7 | |
Diploma | 47 | 13.6 | |
Marital status of the mother and father | Currently not live with parents | 8 | 2.3 |
Together | 284 | 82.3 | |
Separate | 14 | 4.1 | |
Divorced | 15 | 4.3 | |
Widows | 32 | 9.3 | |
Do you get pocket money for daily expenses | Yes | 236 | 68.4 |
No | 109 | 31.6 |