Table 1.
Socio-demographic and academic characteristics of Wolaita Sodo University undergraduate students, 2012, N = 642
| Variables | Frequency | Percentage % |
|---|---|---|
|
Age |
|
|
|
Median 20.00, Range 18–25 | ||
|
Sex |
|
|
|
Male |
516 |
80.4 |
|
Female |
126 |
19.6 |
|
Religion |
|
|
|
Orthodox |
280 |
43.6 |
|
Protestant |
233 |
36.3 |
|
Muslim |
109 |
17 |
|
Others |
20 |
3.1 |
|
Place where they came from |
|
|
|
Rural |
334 |
52 |
|
Urban |
308 |
48 |
|
Ethnic origin |
|
|
|
Wolaita |
154 |
24 |
|
Amhara |
141 |
22 |
|
Oromo |
100 |
15.6 |
|
Hadiya |
55 |
8.6 |
|
Tigre |
43 |
6.6 |
|
Others |
149 |
23.2 |
|
Type of school attended (elementary and high school) |
|
|
|
Governmental |
472 |
73.5 |
|
Nongovernmental |
109 |
17 |
|
Both |
61 |
9.5 |
|
Faculty |
|
|
|
Engineering |
161 |
25.1 |
|
Natural & computational sciences |
156 |
24.5 |
|
Business and economics |
94 |
14.6 |
|
Social science and humanities |
94 |
14.6 |
|
Agriculture |
67 |
10.4 |
|
Health sciences |
42 |
6.5 |
|
Law |
20 |
3.1 |
|
Veterinary medicine |
8 |
1.2 |
|
Year of study |
|
|
|
Year I |
336 |
52.3 |
|
Year II |
180 |
28 |
| Year III+ | 126 | 19.7 |