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Table 1 Background characteristics of study population/female students in Wolaita Sodo University, June 2011

From: Magnitude and risk factors of abortion among regular female students in Wolaita Sodo University, Ethiopia

Characteristics Responses Frequency Percentage
Age (n = 489) 17 – 19 169 34.6
20 – 24 314 64.2
25 + 6 1.2
Class year (n = 492) 1st year 288 58.5
2nd year 112 22.8
3rd year 83 16.9
4th year 9 1.8
Religion (n = 493) Orthodox Christian 251 50.9
Protestants 143 29
Muslim 73 14.8
Catholic 20 4.1
Others 6 1.2
Marital status Single 484 98
Married 9 2
Permanent residence (n = 493) Urban 203 41.2
Semi-Urban 180 36.5
Rural 110 22.3
Faculty/school (n = 491) Agriculture 83 16.9
Health Sciences 31 6.3
Natural & Computational Sciences 94 19.1
Social Sciences & Humanities 145 29.5
Business and Economics 65 13.2
Law 22 4.5
Engineering 51 10.4
Pocket money/months (n = 493) 1st quartile (≤ 183 birr) 110 22.3
2nd quartile (183–233) 148 30
3rd quartile (234–319) 120 24.3
  4th quartile (≥320) 115 23.3
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