Table 1 Socio-demographic and economic characteristics of the students and their parents involved in the study at Wolaita Sodo town in South Ethiopia, June 2019
Variables (n = 670) | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Age in years | ||
10–14 | 137 | 20.5 |
15–19 | 533 | 79.6 |
Sex | ||
Male | 331 | 49.4 |
Female | 339 | 50.6 |
Current marital status of parents | ||
Married | 545 | 81.3 |
Separated | 125 | 18.7 |
Educational status of mothers | ||
No formal education | 57 | 8.5 |
Read and write | 134 | 20.0 |
Primary | 123 | 18.4 |
Secondary | 173 | 25.8 |
College & above | 183 | 27.3 |
Educational status of fathers | ||
No formal education | 21 | 3.1 |
Read and write | 83 | 12.4 |
Primary | 98 | 14.6 |
Secondary | 150 | 22.4 |
College / university completed | 318 | 47.5 |
Occupational status of the father | ||
Farmer | 96 | 14.3 |
Merchant | 158 | 23.6 |
Government employer | 284 | 42.4 |
Private | 115 | 17.2 |
Daily labourer | 17 | 2.5 |
Occupational status of the mother | ||
Housewife | 205 | 30.6 |
Merchant | 233 | 34.8 |
Government employer | 158 | 23.6 |
Private | 66 | 9.9 |
Daily labourer | 8 | 1.2 |
Wealth quintile | ||
First | 110 | 16.4 |
Second | 136 | 20.3 |
Middle | 136 | 20.3 |
Fourth | 158 | 23.6 |
Highest | 130 | 19.4 |
School type | ||
Public | 444 | 66.3 |
Private | 226 | 33.7 |