Table 2 Life style and behavioral characteristics of secondary and preparatory female students in Debremarkos town, North West Ethiopia, 2016
Variables | Frequency (n = 511) | Percent (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Physical activity | Not at all | 277 | 54.2 |
irregularly | 175 | 34.2 | |
Regularly | 59 | 11.5 | |
Non-academic duty in the family | not at all | 89 | 17.4 |
Simple | 358 | 70.1 | |
Heavy | 64 | 12.5 | |
Daily coffee intake in cups | 0 | 248 | 48.5 |
1-4 | 194 | 38.0 | |
≥5 | 69 | 13.5 | |
Tea intake | Yes | 489 | 95.7 |
No | 22 | 4.3 | |
Drinking alcohol | not at all | 456 | 89.2 |
Irregularly with occasions | 36 | 7.0 | |
regularly | 19 | 3.7 | |
Sugar intake | Excessive | 169 | 33.1 |
Moderate | 330 | 64.6 | |
Minimal | 12 | 2.3 | |
Chronic illness | Yes | 62 | 12.1 |
No | 449 | 87.9 | |
Chronic or recurrent pelvic pain | Yes | 17 | 3.3 |
No | 494 | 96.7 | |