Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants, East Wollega, 2020

Characteristics		Frequency	Percentage
Sex	Male	468	60.7
	Female	303	39.3
Age	15–19	456	59.1
	20–24	315	40.9
Residence	Urban	385	49.9
	Rural	386	50.1
Religion	Protestant	531	68.9
	Orthodox	206	26.7
	Muslim	33	4.3
	Others	1	0.1
Marital status	None married	758	98.3
	Widowed	5	0.6
	Separated	8	1
Ethnicity	Oromo	750	97.3
	Amhara	19	2.5
	Tigre	1	0.1
	Others	1	0.1
Youth education	Out of school	124	16.1
	In school	542	70.3
	Completed	105	13.6
Highest education attained	Never attended	7	0.9
	Grade 1–4	39	5.1
	Grade 5–8	184	23.9
	Grade 9–12	413	53.6
	College and above	128	16.6
Father’s education	Cannot read and write	250	32.4
	Read and write	208	27
	Grade 1–4	54	7
	Grade 5–8	78	10.1
	Grade 9–12	82	10.6
	College and above	99	12.8
Mother's education	Cannot read and write	428	55.5
	Read and write	171	22.2
	Grade 1–4	37	4.8
	Grade 5–8	68	8.8
	Grade 9–12	36	4.7
	College and above	31	4
Youth employment	Government employee	12	1.6
	Nongovernmental organization employee	2	0.3
	Not employed/no job	125	16.2
	Private job	127	16.5
	Student	505	65.5
Father’s occupation	Farmer	505	65.5
	Government employee	123	16
	Merchant	82	10.6
	Bartender/waiter	6	0.8
	Day labor	40	5.2
	Others	15	1.9
Mother's occupation	Housewife	576	74.7
	Government employee	42	5.4
	Merchant	64	8.3
	Private job	2	0.3
	Student	3	0.4
	Local drink seller	8	1.0
	Daily laborer	14	1.8
	House servant	61	7.9
	Others	1	0.1
With whom they live	Both parents	535	69.4
	Father only	12	1.6
	Mother only	57	7.4
	Spouse	42	5.4
	Relatives	55	7.1
	Friends/peers	29	3.8
	Others	41	5.3