Table 1 Socio- demographic characteristics of school adolescents in Harar town, eastern Ethiopia
| Variables | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Sex | ||
| Female | 851 | 49.9 |
| Male | 856 | 50.1 |
| Age | ||
| 15-19 | 1085 | 63.5 |
| 20-25 | 622 | 36.45 |
| Religion | ||
| Orthodox | 901 | 52.8 |
| Protestant | 36 | 2.1 |
| Catholic | 549 | 32.2 |
| Muslim | 191 | 11.2 |
| Others | 29 | 1.7 |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Amhara | 721 | 42.1 |
| Oromo | 461 | 26.9 |
| Adere | 175 | 10.2 |
| Gurage | 134 | 7.8 |
| Tigre | 135 | 7.9 |
| Somali | 32 | 1.9 |
| Others | 54 | 3.2 |
| Grade | ||
| 9th | 839 | 48.9 |
| 10th | 394 | 23.0 |
| 11th | 253 | 14.7 |
| 12th | 230 | 13.4 |
| Living with | ||
| Parents | 1288 | 92.5 |
| Friends | 27 | 1.9 |
| Relatives | 43 | 3.1 |
| Alone | 34 | 2.4 |
