Table 1.

Comparison of the mean scores of virginity value among the different groups of Jimma University students using One- way between-groups ANOVA and Independent-samples T-test, May, 2009.

Characteristics		Number	Mean	T/F	DF	p-value	Eta squared
Gender
	Male	1604	19.17	6.744	1966	<0.001	0.023
	Female	364	17.47
Church/mosque attending habit
	Yes	1713	19.07	5.764	1951	<0.001	0.017
	No	240	17.34
Place of origin*
	Urban	940	18.11	−7.559	1911.46	<0.001	0.029
	Rural	1012	19.6
Ethnicity
	Amhara	616	18.62	7.275	(5, 1930)	<0.001	0.019
	Oromo	830	19.38
	Tigre	57	18.89
	Gurage	135	17.08
	Wolita	51	18.61
	Others§	247	19.02
Faculty
	Education	108	19.31	3.274	(6, 1969)	0.003	0.010
	Public	429	19.26
	Business and economics	149	18.27
	Technology	97	18.16
	Humanities and social sciences	417	18.31
	Law	182	18.63
	Medical sciences	594	19.17
Age
	17–19 years	420	18.13	8.159	(2, 1938)	<0.001	0.008
	20– 24 years	1435	19.08
	25–45 years	83	18.42
Religion
	Orthodox	1042	18.30	11.944	(3, 1946)	<0.001	0.018
	Muslim	344	19.32
	Protestant	479	19.63
	OthersΨ	85	19.09

^*equal variance not assumed (p- value of Levene's test =0 .014),

^§include Sidama, Keffa, Silte, Agew, Gamo, Somale, Shinasha, Yem, Dawro, Hamer, hadya,

^ΨOthers**= include catholic, “waqofetta”, no religion