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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants in Tigray, refugee camps, northern Ethiopia, 2018 (N = 536)

From: Premarital sexual practice and associated factors among adolescents in the refugee camps in Tigray, northern Ethiopia

Variables

Frequency

Percent (%)

Sex

 Male

369

68.8

 Female

167

31.2

Age

 < 14

158

29.5

 14–19

234

43.7

 20–24

144

26.9

Living with arrangement

 With father and mother

131

24.4

 Father only or mother only

155

28.9

 Relatives/friends

109

20.3

 Alone

141

26.3

Family marital status

 They live together

215

40.1

 Separated

118

22.0

 Divorced

94

17.5

 Widowed

109

20.3

Previous residence

 Urban

199

37.1

 Rural

337

62.9

Religion

 Orthodox

309

57.6

 Muslim

116

21.6

 Catholic

90

16.8

 Protestant

21

3.9

Educational status

 Unable to read and write

119

22.2

 Only read and write

158

29.5

 Primary school (grade 1–8)

150

28.0

 Secondary school (grade 9–12)

80

14.9

 College and above

29

5.4

Ethnicity

 Tigrigna speakers

495

92.4

 Othera

41

7.6

Pocket money

 Yes

144

26.9

 No

392

73.1

  1. aKunama, Amhara, Somali and Afar