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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents, Bale Zone, Oromia Regional State, Southeast Ethiopia, March 2013

From: Substance use and associated factors among preparatory school students in Bale Zone, Oromia Regional State, Southeast Ethiopia

Variables

Frequency

  

Number (603)

Percentage (%)

Place of birth

Town

314

52.1

Rural

284

47.1

Current residence

Town

572

94.9

Rural

27

4.5

Sex

Male

373

61.9

Female

228

37.8

Age

15–19

440

85.6

20–24

67

13.0

25–29

7

1.4

Grade

Grade 11

333

55.2

Grade 12

263

43.6

Religion

Orthodox

372

61.7

Muslim

166

27.5

Protestant

51

8.5

Wakefata

9

1.5

 

Others

3

0.5