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. 2007 Jul 17;7:7. doi: 10.1186/1471-227X-7-7

Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents, by sex.

Characteristic Male (n = 380) N (%) Female (n = 284) N (%) Total (n = 664) N (%)
Mean age (range) 21.3 (17–40) 20.7 (16–28) 21.0 (16–40)
Age groups (years)
16–19 80 (21.1) 70 (24.6) 150 (22.6)
20–24 220 (57.9) 176 (62.0) 396 (59.6)
25–29 26 (6.8) 8 (2.8) 34 (5.1)
30+ 4 (1.2) 0 (0.0) 4 (0.6)
Missing 50 (13.2) 30 (10.6) 80 (12.0)
Marital status
Single 372 (98.0) 264 (93.0) 636 (95.8)
Married 2 (0.5) 16 (5.6) 18 (2.7)
Missing 6 (1.6) 4 (10.4) 10 (1.5)
Religious groups
Christianity 355 (93.4) 269 (94.7) 624 (94.0)
Islam 4 (1.1) 3 (1.1) 7 (1.1)
Atheism 8 (2.1) 5 (1.8) 13 (2.0)
Other groups 13 (3.4) 7 (2.5) 20 (3.0)
Level in University
First 120 (31.6) 95 (33.5) 215 (32.4)
Second 128 (33.7) 104 (36.6) 232 (34.9)
Third 117 (30.8) 75 (26.4) 192 (28.9)
Postgraduate 15 (3.9) 10 (3.5) 25 (3.8)