Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of secondary and preparatory school students of Dabat town, northwest Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 550).
| Variable | Male no. (%) |
Female no. (%) |
Total no. (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 15–17 | 85 (38.2) | 137 (61.8) | 222 (40.3) |
| 18-19 | 145 (44.2) | 183 (55.8) | 328 (59.7) | |
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| Grades | 9-10 | 189 (41.3) | 269 (58.7) | 458 (83.3) |
| 11-12 | 41 (44.6) | 51 (55.4) | 92 (16.7) | |
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| Residence | Rural | 120 (42.9) | 160 (57.1) | 280 (50.9) |
| Urban | 110 (40.7) | 160 (59.3) | 270 (49.1) | |
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| Religious participation | Every day | 147 (41.4) | 208 (58.6) | 355 (64.5) |
| At least once a week | 59 (45.0) | 72 (55.0) | 131 (23.8) | |
| At least once a month | 16 (35.6) | 29 (64.4) | 45 (8.2) | |
| Once a year | 6 (35.3) | 11 (64.7) | 17 (3.0) | |
| Never attending | 2 (100) | 0 (0) | 2 (0.5) | |
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| Living condition | With both parents | 178 (41.2) | 254 (58.8) | 432 (78.5) |
| With mother/father only | 23 (37.7) | 38 (62.3) | 61 (11.0) | |
| With relatives | 10 (43.5) | 13 (56.5) | 23 (4.2) | |
| Living alone | 19 (55.9) | 15 (44.1) | 34 (6.3) | |