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