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Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of Agaro secondary and preparatory school students and their parents, Agaro town, Southwest Ethiopia, 2019

From: Parent-young communication on sexual and reproductive health issues and its associated factors: experience of students in Agaro Town, Ethiopia

Variables

Number

Percent

Sex

  

 Male

150

47.6

 Female

165

52.4

Age (years)

  

 15–19

142

45.1

 20–24

173

54.9

Grades

  

 9

141

44.7

 10

105

33.3

 11

49

15.6

 12

20

6.4

Ethnicity

  

 Oromo

263

83.5

 Amhara

29

9.2

 Othersa

23

7.3

Residence

  

Urban

112

35.6

 Rural

203

64.4

Have boy/girlfriend

  

 Yes

83

26.3

 No

232

73.7

Had ever got SRH information

  

 Yes

168

53.3

 No

147

46.7

Religion

  

 Muslim

263

83.5

 Orthodox

31

9.8

 Othersb

21

6.7

Living arrangement of adolescents

  

 With both parents

279

88.6

 With one parent

17

5.4

 With relative

11

3.5

Marital status of parents

  

 Alone

8

2.5

 Together

295

93.7

 Widowed

14

4.4

 Divorced

6

1.9

Mother’s educational status

  

 Illiterate

91

28.9

 Primary school

150

47.6

 Secondary school and above

74

23.5

Father's educational status

  

 Illiterate

73

23.2

primary school

134

42.5

 Secondary school and above

108

34.3

Occupation of family

  

 House wife

71

22.5

 Farmer

108

34.3

 Employed

58

18.4

 Private

64

20.3

 Others

14

4.4

Family size

  

 < 5

175

55.6

 ≥ 5

140

44.4

Estimated family income per month (in birr)

  

 < 1000

34

18.9

 1000–2000

81

45

 ≥ 2000

65

36.1

 I don’t know

135

42.9

  1. aWolayta, Dawuro, Tigre
  2. bRetired, unemployed