Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics, family history and parent’s socio-economic status of female school students in Jimma town, Oromia, Ethiopia, 2023
| Variables | Catagory | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Religion | Orthodox | 110 | 29.81 |
| Muslim | 126 | 34.15 | |
| Protestant | 107 | 29.00 | |
| Others | 26 | 7.05 | |
| Student grade level | 7th | 41 | 11.11 |
| 8th | 113 | 30.62 | |
| 9th | 127 | 34.42 | |
| 10th | 88 | 23.85 | |
| School type | Public school | 256 | 69.37 |
| Private school | 113 | 30.63 | |
| Guardian | Parents | 320 | 86.72 |
| Relatives/others | 49 | 13.28 | |
| Father educational level | Unable to read and write | 130 | 35.23 |
| Able to read and write | 38 | 10.30 | |
| Primary grade 1–8 | 72 | 19.51 | |
| Secondary grade 9–12 | 68 | 18.43 | |
| Above grade 12 | 61 | 16.53 | |
| Mother educational level | Unable to read and write | 125 | 33.88 |
| Able to read and write | 27 | 7.32 | |
| Primary grade 1–8 | 28 | 7.59 | |
| Secondary grade 9–12 | 132 | 35.77 | |
| Above grade 12 | 57 | 15.45 | |
| Guardian source of income | Merchant | 246 | 66.67 |
| Government employee | 76 | 20.60 | |
| Others | 47 | 12.74 | |
| Have an older sister | Yes | 190 | 51.49 |
| No | 179 | 48.51 | |
| Older sister vaccinated HPV vaccine | Yes | 170 | 89.47 |
| No | 20 | 10.53 |