Assessment of exposure to sexually explicit materials and factors associated with exposure among preparatory school youths in Hawassa City, Southern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional institution based survey

Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of youths attending preparatory school in Hawassa, Southern Ethiopia, May 2014

Variables	Category	Number(n = 750)	Percent
Age	15–16	31	4.1
	17–18	460	64.3
	19–24	259	34.5
Sex	Male	386	51.5
Sex	Female	364	48.5
Religiosity	Attend frequently	485	64.7
	Attend sometimes	218	29.1
	Rarely	47	6.3
Marital status	Never married	713	95.1
Marital status	Married	37	4.9
Living arrangement	Both parents	487	64.9
	Relatives	101	13.5
	^bOthers	162	21.7
Fathers education	Illiterate, read and write	137	18.3
	Elementary	107	14.3
	Secondary	102	13.6
	Tertiary	404	53.9
Mothers Education	Illiterate, read and write	160	21.3
	Elementary	181	24.1
	Secondary	110	14.7
	Tertiary	299	39.9
Fathers occupation	Daily labourer	17	2.3
	Private employee	331	44.1
	Civil servant	321	42.8
	Does not work	70	9.4
	^cOthers	11	1.4
Mothers occupation	Daily laborer	12	1.6
	Private employee	376	50.1
	Civil servant	192	25.6
	Does not work	152	19.9
	^cOthers	18	2.4

N.B ^afather only, lonely, friends, mother only, grandparents, Brother/sister, ^bretired, consultant, student

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