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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents (n = 762), Harari Region, Eastern Ethiopia, 2012

From: Awareness of female students attending higher educational institutions toward legalization of safe abortion and associated factors, Harari Region, Eastern Ethiopia: a cross sectional study

Characteristics

Frequency

Percent

Age

  

25 years and less

682

89.5

More than 25 years

80

10.5

Ethnicity

  

 Oromo

272

35.7

 Amhara

360

47.2

 Others

130

17.1

Religion

  

 Christian

542

71.1

 Muslim

220

28.9

Marital status

  

 Single

620

81.4

 Married

142

18.6

Resident of respondent's family

  

 Urban

606

79.4

 Rural

156

20.6

Respondent's resident

  

 In the campus

279

36.6

 Out of the campus

483

63.4

Department of the respondent

  

 Health and medicine

563

73.8

 Other field of study

199

26.2

Year of study of the respondents

  

 Two years and less

319

41.8

 More than two years

443

58.2

Birth order

  

 First

270

35.4

 Middle

329

43.2

 Last

142

18.6

 The only child

21

2.8

Life status of respondents’ family

  

 Both are alive

585

76.8

 Only mother alive

146

19.2

 Only father alive

18

2.4

 Both are died

13

1.7