Table 2.

Sociodemographic characteristics and frequency distribution of the study population.

Characteristics	Number (n = 336)	Frequency (%)
Gender
Female	196	58.33
Male	140	41.66
Age groups (years)
[1–10]	195	58.03
[11–20]	59	17.55
[21–30]	33	9.82
[31–40]	28	8.33
[41–50]	13	3.86
[51–60]	8	2.38
Level of education
Primary	137	40.77
Secondary	153	45.67
Higher	22	6.56
No level (illiterate)	24	7.14
Marital status
Married	61	18.15
Single	224	66.66
Divorced	32	9.52
Widow	19	5.65
Occupation
Student	218	64.88
Private	94	27.97
Civil servant	12	3.57
Housewife	12	3.5
Residence
Urban area	216	64.28
Rural area	120	35.71

^∗ The denominator used to calculate the frequency in column three is 336.