Table 1 Socio-demographic Characteristics of the study participants from secondary schools in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March-June 2013
Variables | Control group | Intervention group | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Pre intervention n(%) | Post intervention n(%) | Pre intervention n(%) | Post intervention n(%) | |
Age group (in completed years) | ||||
15–18 | 234(83.6) | 223(79.6) | 240(85.7) | 232(82.9) |
>18 | 46(16.4) | 36(12.9) | 40(14.3) | 48(17.1) |
Sex | ||||
Male | 99(35.4) | 95(33.9) | 108(38.6) | 105(37.5) |
Female | 181(64.6) | 165(58.9) | 172(61.4) | 175(62.5) |
Marital status | ||||
Single | 266(95) | 247(95) | 271(96.8) | 266(95) |
Married and others | 14(5) | 11(4) | 7(2.5) | 13(4.6) |
Religion | ||||
Orthodox | 214(76.4) | 211(81.2) | 199(71.1) | 203(72.5) |
Protestant | 32.(11.4) | 25(9.6) | 17(6.1) | 22(7.9) |
Catholic | - | - | 1(0.4) | 1(0.4) |
Muslim | 30(10.7) | 19(7.3) | 61(21.8) | 52(18.6) |
Others | 4(1.4) | 5(1.9) | 2(0.7) | 2(0.7) |
Ethnicity | ||||
Amhara | 114(40.7) | 104(37.1) | 95(33.3) | 98(32) |
Oromo | 65(23.2) | 71(25.4) | 48(17.1) | 46(16.4) |
Tigrie | 43(15.4) | 42(15) | 32(11.4) | 36(12.9) |
Ghuragie | 40(14.3) | 30(10.7) | 79(28.2) | 76(27.1) |
Others | 18(6.4) | 13(4.6) | 26(7.3) | 24(8.6) |