Table 1.

Background characteristics of in-school adolescents and their families, Eastern Hararge Zone, Oromia Regional State, Eastern Ethiopia, 2011

Variables	Category	Number	%
Family residence	Rural	1901	68.7
	Urban	865	31.3
Respondent's sex	Male	1985	71.8
	Female	781	28.2
Age group	<18 years	1141	41.3
	≥18 years	1625	58.7
Family wealth index	Low	337	12.2
	Middle	1954	70.6
	High	475	17.2
Parents’ vital status	Both dead	88	3.2
	One alive	565	20.4
	Both alive	2113	76.4
Father's educational status	No education	1374	60.6
	Primary	623	27.9
	Secondary	180	7.9
	12 plus	89	4.0
Mother's educational status	No education	1807	71.6
	Primary	581	23.0
	Secondary	101	4.0
	12 plus	36	1.4