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 |