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. 2021 Jun 30;18(13):7023. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18137023

Table 1.

Study participants and school level characteristics in Ethiopia (March 2020).

Variable Category Frequency Percentage (%)
Sex (n = 3319) Female 1804 53.9
Male 1515 45.3
Age (n = 3321) 13–14 99 3.0
15 689 20.6
16 1055 31.5
17 755 22.6
18 502 15.0
19–20 190 5.7
>20 31 0.9
Religion (n = 3313) Orthodox Christian 2203 65.8
Muslim 367 11.0
Protestant 654 19.6
Catholic 51 1.5
Other 38 1.1
Living area (n = 3347) Addis Ababa 458 13.7
Adama 586 17.5
Bahir Dar 875 26.2
Hawassa 561 16.8
Mekelle 867 25.9
School type (n = 3347) Private 729 21.8
Government 2618 78.2
Total number of grade 9 and 10 students in the school) (n = 36) 108–350 9 25.0
408–980 7 19.4
1038–1600 9 25.0
1604–2273 6 16.7
≥2677 5 13.9
Student grade level (n = 3347) Grade 9 1685 50.3
Grade 10 1662 49.7
Parents living area (n = 3310) Rural 1185 35.4
City 2125 63.5
Source of income (n = 3328) Parents 3004 90.4
Work for myself 257 7.7
Other 67 2.0