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. 2009 Jul-Aug;29(4):275–279. doi: 10.4103/0256-4947.55308

Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of the secondary school girls.

No %
Age
 14-15 22 4
 16-17 333 61.1
 18-19 190 34.9
Marital status
 Married 20 3.7
 Single 525 96.3
Scholastic year
 First year 219 40.2
 Second year 163 29.9
 Third year 163 29.9
Type of study
 Oslamic (Tahfez Al-Quran) 209 38.3
 General 336 61.7

Parents' status
 Living together 485 89.0
 Divorced 23 4.2
 Separated 1 0.2
 Deceased father 28 5.1
 Deceased mother 5 0.9
 Both parents are deceased 3 0.6

Father's education
 Illiterate 43 7.9
 Primary 87 16.0
 Intermediate 93 17.1
 Secondary 107 19.6
 University 149 27.3
 Postgraduate 66 12.1

Father's employment
 Unemployed 25 4.60
 Military 89 16.3
 Governmental employee 162 29.7
 Private business 106 19.5
 Retired 163 29.9

Mother's education
 Illiterate 154 28.3
 Primary 163 29.9
 Intermediate 88 16.1
 Secondary 69 12.7
 University 54 9.9
 Postgraduate 17 3.1
Mother's employment
 Housewife 479 87.9
 Employed 66 12.1

Family size
 Less than 5 41 7.5
 5-10 405 74.3
 More than 10 99 18.2

Total 545 100