Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of youth females in Bahir Dar Town, North-West Ethiopia, February 2012
Variables | Frequency (n = 417) | Percent | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age | 15-19 | 147 | 35.3 |
20-24 | 270 | 64.7 | |
Marital status | Single | 239 | 57.3 |
Married | 150 | 36.0 | |
Widowed | 6 | 1.4 | |
Divorced | 22 | 5.3 | |
Religion | Orthodox | 346 | 83.0 |
Muslim | 59 | 14.1 | |
Protestant | 10 | 2.4 | |
Catholic | 2 | 0.5 | |
Education level | Illiterate | 40 | 9.6 |
Read and write | 26 | 6.2 | |
Elementary | 130 | 31.2 | |
Junior/secondary | 142 | 34.1 | |
Above secondary | 79 | 18.9 | |
Presence of radio at home | Yes | 304 | 72.9 |
No | 113 | 27.1 | |
Presence of TV at home | Yes | 294 | 70.5 |
No | 123 | 29.5 | |
With whom are you living | With my parents | 91 | 21.8 |
Boyfriend/fiancé/husband | 145 | 34.8 | |
Either mother or father only | 68 | 16.3 | |
Relatives | 61 | 14.6 | |
Alone | 52 | 12.5 | |
Current job of the respondents | No Job | 117 | 28.1 |
Student | 140 | 33.6 | |
Some Job | 76 | 18.2 | |
Not want to specify | 84 | 20.1 | |
Had taken training on gender issues | |||
Yes | 122 | 29.3 | |
No | 295 | 70.7 | |