Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristic of female under graduate students of Aksum University, College of Health Science, Tigray, Ethiopia (N = 344)
Variables | Category | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|---|
Age of respondent | 19–24 | 249 (72.4) |
25–30 | 83 (24.1) | |
Marital status | Single | 254 (73.8) |
Married | 28 (8.1) | |
In relationship | 62 (18.0) | |
Sexual experience | Yes | 205 (59.6) |
No | 139 (40.4) | |
Age at fist sex | 15–20 | 150 (43.6) |
> 21 | 56 (16.3) | |
Number of sexual partners | None | 139 (40.4) |
Single | 73 (21.2) | |
Multiple | 132 (38.4) | |
Place of birth | Urban | 261 (75.9) |
Rural | 83 (24.1) | |
Level of education | Year I | 55 (16.0) |
Year II | 55 (16.0) | |
Year III | 68 (19.8) | |
Year IV and above | 166 (48.3) | |
Religion | Orthodox | 246 (71.2) |
Catholic | 21 (6.1) | |
Muslim | 27 (7.8) | |
Protestant | 50 (14.5) |