Table 1.

Socio-demographic and economic characteristics of adolescents aged 12–19 years in Addis Ababa high schools, 2016

Variables	Frequency	Percent
Sex
Female	473	56.6
Male	363	43.4
Age
12–15	245	29.3
16–18	553	66.1
19	38	4.5
Mean (±SD) age	16.48 (±1.37)
Religion
Orthodox	636	76.1
Protestant	137	16.4
Muslim	38	4.5
Othersa	25	3
Ethnicity
Amhara	367	43.9
Oromo	162	19.4
Tigrawaye	145	17.3
Gurage	112	13.4
Othersb	50	6
Grade level
Grade 9	375	44.9
Grade 10	93	11.1
Grade 11	126	15.1
Grade 12	242	28.9
Students Living with
Mothers and fathers	729	82.2
Othersc	107	12.8
Mother educational status
No schooling	31	3.7
Primary	73	8.7
Secondary school	71	8.5
Certificate/diploma	204	24.4
Degree (first or above)	457	54.7
Father education status
No schooling	16	1.9
Primary school	55	6.6
Secondary school	41	4.9
Certificate/diploma	103	12.2
Degree (first or above)	622	74.4
Mother’s occupation
Governmental and private employed	344	41.1
House wife	102	12.2
Merchant	220	26.3
Othersd	170	20.3
Father’s occupation
Governmental and private employed	334	40
Merchant	262	31.3
Othersd	240	28.7
School type
Government	620	74.2
Private	216	25.8
BMI kg/m2
<18.5	134	16
18.5–25	601	71.9
>25	101	12.1

^aCatholic, Gehova

^bWalayta, Hadya, Sidama

^cSister, brother, guardian, grand mothers or fathers

^dDaily laborer, private work