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Table 2 Family history of private female college female students in Dessie City Administration, 2021 Ethiopia

From: Gender-based violence and associated factors among private college female students in Dessie City, Ethiopia: mixed method study

Variables

Category

Frequency

Percent (%)

The living condition of the mother and father

Live together

216

53.9

Divorced/separated

68

17.0

Only mother alive

43

10.7

Only father alive

28

7

Both of them are not alive

46

11.3

Father educational status

No formal education

98

24.4

Grades 1–8 complete

94

23.2

Grades 9–12 complete

85

21.2

Above grade 12

124

30.9

Mother educational status

No formal education

190

47.4

Grades 1–8 complete

102

25.4

Grades 9–12 complete

32

8

Above grade 12

77

19.2

Family members support

Yes

233

58.1

No

168

41.9

Enough money according to the demand

Yes

282

70.3

No

119

29.7

Perceived family income

Good

43

10.7

Average

256

63.8

Poor

102

25.4

Perceived Family control

Tight

242

60.3

Average

118

29.4

Loose/free

41

10.2

Witnessed parental violence as a child

Yes

226

56.4

No

175

43.6