Table 1.
Distribution based on sociodemographic variables (N: 220).
| Sample characteristics | Frequency (f) | Percentage (%) |
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| Age in years | ||
| 16 | 62 | 28.2 |
| 17 | 120 | 54.5 |
| 18 | 38 | 17.3 |
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| Gender | ||
| Male | 97 | 44.1 |
| Female | 123 | 55.9 |
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| Area of living | ||
| Rural | 197 | 89.5 |
| Urban | 23 | 10.5 |
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| Type of family | ||
| Extended | 17 | 7.7 |
| Joint | 61 | 27.8 |
| Nuclear | 142 | 64.5 |
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| Recently suffered from health problems | ||
| Yes | 99 | 45.0 |
| No | 121 | 55.0 |
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| Education of father | ||
| No formal education | 8 | 3.6 |
| Primary | 95 | 43.2 |
| High school | 69 | 31.3 |
| Preuniversity | 34 | 15.6 |
| Graduate | 14 | 6.3 |
| Postgraduate | 0 | 0 |
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| Education of mother | ||
| No formal education | 0 | 0 |
| Primary | 96 | 43.6 |
| High school | 79 | 35.9 |
| Preuniversity | 32 | 14.6 |
| Graduate | 11 | 5.0 |
| Postgraduate | 2 | .9 |
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| Father's occupation | ||
| Nonprofessional | 56 | 25.5 |
| Professional | 25 | 11.4 |
| Semiprofessional | 139 | 63.1 |
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| Mother's occupation | ||
| Nonprofessional | 161 | 73.6 |
| Professional | 16 | 7.3 |
| Semiprofessional | 43 | 19.1 |
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| Distance from the nearest medical store in km | ||
| 1–4 | 175 | 79.5 |
| 5–8 | 25 | 11.5 |
| Do not know | 20 | 9.0 |
Extended family: family which resides with grandparents; joint family: a type of family composed of parents, children, their spouses, and offspring in one household; nonprofessional: describes someone who does something not as their job but because they are interested in it; professional: a member of a profession or any person who earns living from a specified professional activity; semiprofessional: an occupation that requires advanced knowledge and skills but is not widely regarded as a true profession.