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Table 2 In-school youth parents’ socio-demographic characteristics in Shendi town, West Gojjam zone, January 2012

From: Premarital sexual practices and its predictors among in-school youths of shendi town, west Gojjam zone, North Western Ethiopia

Variables

Frequency

Percent

 

Parents’ current marital status

   

 Currently married

653

79.1

 

 Divorced

108

13.1

 

 Widowed

65

7.9

 

Parents’ place of residence

   

 Urban

132

16.0

 

 Rural

694

84.0

 

Mother’s educational status

   

 Illiterate

458

58.2

 

 Read and write

234

29.7

 

 Primary school [18]

71

9.0

 

 Secondary school [912]

13

1.7

 

 Higher education

11

1.4

 

Father’s educational status

   

 Illiterate

197

26.5

 

 Read and write

361

48.5

 

 Primary school [18]

140

18.8

 

 Secondary school [912]

28

3.8

 

 Higher education

18

2.4

 

Father’s occupation

   

 Farmer

646

86.8

 

 Merchant

58

7.8

 

 Gov’t/private employ

33

4.4

 

 Others

7

1.0

 

Mother’s occupation

   

 House wife

323

41.0

 

 Farmer

418

53.1

 

 Merchant

30

3.8

 

 Others

16

2.1

 

Perceived economic status of parents

   

 Poor

137

16.6

 

 Medium

610

73.8

 

 Rich

79

9.6