Table 1.
Distribution of socio-demographic characteristics of students in Jimma Zone preparatory schools, February, 2012, N=517
| Sex | |||
| Variables | Male (No (%)) |
Fermale (No (%)) |
|
| Grade level: | |||
| 11th grade | 83(32.3%) | 77(29.6%) | |
| 12th grade | 174(67.7%) | 183(70.4%) | |
| Age | |||
| 15–19 | 199(77.4%) | 200(76.9%) | |
| 20–24 | 58(22.6%) | 60(23.1%) | |
| Living Arrangements | |||
| Living with parents | 101(39.3%) | 129(49.6%) | |
| Living away from parents | 156(60.7%) | 131(50.4%) | |
| Residence | |||
| Rural | 99(38.5%) | 127(48.8%) | |
| Urban | 158(61.5%) | 133(51.2%) | |
| Religion | |||
| Orthodox | 110(42.8%) | 129(49.6%) | |
| Muslim | 114(44.4%) | 71(27.3%) | |
| Protestant | 30(11.7%) | 56(21.5%) | |
| Catholic | 3(1.2%) | 4(1.5%) | |
| Educational status of mother | |||
| Illiterate | 79(30.7%) | 104(40.0%) | |
| Read and write | 98(38.1%) | 90(34.6%) | |
| Elementary | 29(11.3%) | 25(9.6%) | |
| Secondary and above | 51(19.8%) | 41(15.8%) | |
| Educational status of father | |||
| Illiterate | 64(24.9%) | 63(24.2%) | |
| Read and write | 67(26.1%) | 78(30.0%) | |
| Elementary | 49(19.1%) | 53(20.4%) | |
| Secondary and above | 77(30.0%) | 66(25.4%) | |
| Peer-Pressure | |||
| High | 79(30.7%) | 70(26.9%) | |
| Low | 178(69.3%) | 190(73.1%) | |
| Family Monitoring | |||
| Yes | 130(50.6%) | 110(42.3%) | |
| No | 127(49.4%) | 150(57.7%) | |