Table 2.
Socio demographic characteristics of the parents of student in Dire Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia, February – March, 2011 [n = 641]
| Variables | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Marital status of parents | ||
| Together | 452 | 70.5% |
| Separated | 88 | 13.7% |
| Widowed | 81 | 12.6% |
| Divorced | 20 | 3.1% |
| Educational status of father | ||
| No formal education | 102 | 15.9% |
| Primary | 92 | 14.4% |
| Secondary | 180 | 28.1% |
| Diploma | 93 | 14.5% |
| Degree | 158 | 24.6% |
| Others | 13 | 2% |
| Educational status of mother | ||
| No formal education | 189 | 29.5% |
| Primary | 141 | 22.0% |
| Secondary | 182 | 28.4% |
| Diploma | 61 | 9.5% |
| Degree | 66 | 10.3% |
| Others | 2 | 0.3% |
| Occupational status of father | ||
| Private | 246 | 38.4% |
| Government | 214 | 33.4% |
| Merchant | 112 | 17.5% |
| Farmers | 43 | 6.7% |
| Others | 21 | 3.3% |
| Occupational status of mother | ||
| House wife | 280 | 43.7% |
| Merchant | 128 | 19.9% |
| Government | 120 | 18.7% |
| Private | 96 | 15% |
| Farmers | 9 | 1.4% |
| Others | 8 | 1.3% |