Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of secondary and preparatory female students in Debremarkos town, North West Ethiopia, 2016
Variables | frequency (n = 511) | Percent (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age | 10-14 | 6 | 1.2 |
15-19 | 458 | 89.6 | |
20-24 | 47 | 9.2 | |
Religion | Orthodox | 489 | 95.7 |
Protestant | 16 | 3.1 | |
Muslim | 6 | 1.2 | |
aOthers | 7 | 1.4 | |
Mothers’ educational status | Can’t read and write | 137 | 26.8 |
Can read and write | 140 | 27.4 | |
Primary school | 64 | 12.5 | |
Secondary school | 75 | 14.7 | |
College and above | 95 | 18.6 | |
Participants living with | With her parents | 406 | 79.5 |
With her husband | 10 | 2.0 | |
Alone in a rent house | 84 | 16.4 | |
With others | 11 | 2.2 | |
Family size | ≤4 | 193 | 37.8 |
5-8 | 279 | 54.6 | |
≥9 | 39 | 7.6 | |
Daily allowance (n = 492) | Adequate | 295 | 60.0 |
Inadequate | 197 | 40.0 | |
Family history of dysmenorrhea | Yes | 203 | 39.7 |
No | 237 | 46.4 | |
I don’t know | 71 | 13.9 | |