Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of high school adolescent students in Debre Tabor Town, South Gondar Zone, Northcentral Ethiopia, 2017 (N = 327)
Variables | Categories | Number | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Male | 160 | 48.9 |
Female | 167 | 51.1 | |
Age | 15–19 | 327 | 100 |
Marital status | Single | 306 | 93.6 |
Married | 21 | 6.4 | |
Residence | Urban | 213 | 65.1 |
Rural | 114 | 34.9 | |
Grade | 9th | 84 | 25.7 |
10th | 243 | 74.3 | |
Religion | Orthodox | 313 | 95.7 |
Muslim | 4 | 1.2 | |
Protestant | 10 | 3.1 | |
Living status | Away from family | 132 | 40.4 |
Within family | 195 | 59.6 | |
Educational status of head of the family | Elementary | 104 | 31.8 |
High school | 38 | 11.6 | |
College | 10 | 3.1 | |
University | 29 | 8.9 | |
No Education | 146 | 44.6 | |
Occupation of head of the family | Daily laborer | 7 | 2.1 |
Farmer | 232 | 70.9 | |
Merchant | 29 | 8.9 | |
Public servant | 28 | 8.6 | |
Others* | 31 | 9.5 | |
Dietary Diversity | < 4 food items | 166 | 50.8 |
Score/ DDS | ≥4 food items | 161 | 49.2 |