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. 2023 Oct 18;11:e16229. doi: 10.7717/peerj.16229

Table 1. Socio-demographic characteristics of school going adolescents in Dale district of Ethiopia, 2020, (n = 333).

Variables Frequency Percent
Sex Male 169 50.8
Female 164 49.2
Age Early adolescence (10–14) 4 1.2
Middle adolescence (15–17) 180 54.1
Late adolescence (18–19) 149 44.7
Relationship status with opposite sex Single 296 88.9
In a relation 37 11.1
Religion Protestant 230 69.1
Orthodox 62 18.6
Others (Catholic and Muslim) 41 12.3
Ethnicity Sidama 309 92.8
Others (Wolaita, Gurage and Amhara) 24 7.2
School type Public school 294 88.3
Private school 39 11.7
Grade attended Ninth 152 45.6
Tenth 153 45.9
Eleventh 28 8.4
Residence Urban 167 50.2
Rural 166 49.8
Head of the household Father 306 91.9
Mother 19 5.7
Others (grand father and brother) 8 2.4
Family monthly income (ETB) <500 30 9.0
500–1,000 34 10.2
>1,000 232 69.7
Occupation of the father Farmer 197 59.2
Government employee 77 23.1
Self-employed (merchant) 43 12.9
Laborer 16 4.8
Educational status of the father No formal education 107 32.1
Primary school 104 31.2
Secondary school 75 22.5
College level and above 47 14.1
Educational status of the mother No formal education 168 50.5
Primary school completed 98 29.4
Secondary school and above 67 20.1
Family size <5 person 28 8.4
≥5 person 305 91.6
Number of siblings in the home Less than or equal to four 171 51.4
Greater than four 162 48.6
Number of cattle owned by the family None 57 17.1
1–3 142 42.7
≥4 134 40.2