Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of the street children’s mothers, April, 2019 (n = 107).

Variables	Frequency		Percent
Age	≤20	17	15.9
	≥21	80	84.1
Marital status	Unmarried	14	13.1
	Married	64	59.8
	Widow	12	11.2
	Divorced	16	15
	Cohabited	1	0.9
Religion	Protestant	56	52.3
	Orthodox	42	39.3
	Muslim	4	3.7
	Catholic	1	0.9
	No religion	4	3.7
Ethnicity	Sidama	66	61.7
	Wolaita	17	15.9
	Oromo	7	6.5
	Amhara	10	9.3
	Others*	7	6.5
Education status	No formal education	53	49.4
	Primary school	50	46.7
	Secondary school	4	3.7
Character of dwelling	Street on	27	25.2
	Street off	80	74.8

* Gedeo, Guraghe, Hadiya, Kembata and Tigre.