Table 1.
Distribution of sociodemographic characteristics of adolescent high school students in Dangila Town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2015.
Variables | Frequency | Percent |
---|---|---|
Sex | ||
Female | 296 | 51.7 |
Male | 277 | 48.3 |
Age | ||
<18 years | 251 | 43.8 |
18 years | 244 | 42.6 |
>18 years | 78 | 13.6 |
Ethnicity | ||
Amhara | 421 | 73.5 |
Awi | 152 | 26.5 |
Marital status | ||
Single | 550 | 96.0 |
Married | 23 | 4.0 |
Religion | ||
Orthodox | 556 | 97.0 |
Muslim | 10 | 1.8 |
Protestant | 7 | 1.2 |
Grade enrolled | ||
9th | 184 | 32.1 |
10th | 220 | 38.4 |
11th | 90 | 15.7 |
12th | 79 | 13.8 |
Living arrangement | ||
With family | 431 | 75.3 |
With spouse | 10 | 1.7 |
Alone | 132 | 23.0 |