The uptake of key elements of sexual and reproductive health services and its predictors among rural adolescents in Southern Ethiopia, 2020: application of a Poisson regression analysis

Table 1 Background characteristics of rural adolescents in Guraghe zone, Southern Ethiopia, (n = 1009)

Respondent’s characteristics	Frequency	%
Age
15–16	413	40.9
17–19	596	59.1
Sex
Male	426	42.2
Female	583	57.3
Marital status
Ever Married	41	4.1
Unmarried	968	95.9
Religion
Orthodox	554	54.9
Muslim	380	37.7
Protestant	47	4.7
Catholic	28	2.8
Ethnicity
Guraghe	917	90.9
Amhara	66	6.5
Wolaita	15	1.5
Hadiya	11	1.1
Current enrolment at school
Yes	916	90.8
No	93	9.2
Educational status
No formal education	81	8.1
Primary	405	40.1
Secondary	523	51.8
Current living arrangement
With both parents	864	85.6
With mother only	81	8.0
With father only	40	4.0
With husband or wife	24	2.4
Mother’s education level (n = 969)
No Formal education	531	54.8
Primary	300	31.0
Secondary	99	10.2
Diploma and above	39	4.0
Father’s education
No formal education	387	41.7
Primary	321	34.6
Secondary	160	17.2
Diploma and above	60	6.5
Family size
≤ 5	543	53.8
> 5	466	46.2
Geographical accessibility to nearby SRH service delivery points
Accessible	437	43.3
Not accessible	572	56.7
Availability of Youth clubs nearby
Yes	421	41.7
No	588	58.3
Participation in Youth clubs(n = 425)
Yes	182	42.8
No	243	57.2

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