Sociodemographic characteristics of school youth, Ethiopia, 2015
| Category | Frequency (n) | Percentage (%) |
| Age (years) (median age 17 years) (n = 5258) | ||
| 14–17 | 3311 | 62.97 |
| 18–24 | 1947 | 37.03 |
| Gender (n = 5296) | ||
| Female | 2755 | 52.02 |
| Male | 2541 | 47.98 |
| Relationship status (n = 5240) | ||
| Single | 3576 | 68.24 |
| In romantic relationship | 1536 | 29.31 |
| Divorced | 128 | 2.45 |
| Ethnicity (n = 5287) | ||
| Tigrai | 5010 | 94.76 |
| Amhara | 177 | 3.35 |
| Other* | 100 | 1.89 |
| Religion (n = 5287) | ||
| Orthodox Christian | 4834 | 91.43 |
| Muslim | 365 | 6.90 |
| Other† | 88 | 1.66 |
| Living with (n = 5301) | ||
| Both parents | 3217 | 60.69 |
| One parent | 915 | 22.05 |
| Other relatives | 1169 | 39.21 |
| Grade level (n = 5296) | ||
| Grade 9 | 1558 | 29.42 |
| Grade 10 | 1680 | 31.72 |
| Grade 11 | 1316 | 24.85 |
| Grade 12 | 742 | 14.01 |
| School ownership (n=5296) | ||
| Public | 4880 | 92.15 |
| Private | 416 | 7.85 |
| Residence (n = 5296) | ||
| Urban | 3809 | 71.92 |
| Rural | 1487 | 28.08 |
| Zone (n = 5296) | ||
| Western | 1128 | 21.30 |
| Southern | 1941 | 36.65 |
| Mekelle | 2227 | 42.05 |
| Father’s occupation (n = 5279) | ||
| Employed | 2336 | 44.25 |
| Farmer | 2520 | 47.74 |
| Daily labourer | 116 | 2.20 |
| Other‡ | 307 | 5.82 |
| Mother’s occupation (n = 5280) | ||
| Employed | 1631 | 30.89 |
| Housewife | 2761 | 52.29 |
| Farmer | 695 | 13.16 |
| Other‡ | 193 | 3.66 |
| Father’s education (n = 5284) | ||
| No formal education | 2445 | 46.27 |
| Primary | 966 | 18.28 |
| Secondary and above | 1752 | 33.16 |
| Other§ | 121 | 2.29 |
| Mother’s education (n = 5283). | ||
| No formal education | 2781 | 52.64 |
| Primary | 1110 | 21.01 |
| Secondary and above | 1337 | 25.31 |
| Other§ | 55 | 1.04 |
*Benshangul, Agew, Oromo, Erob, Kunama and Afar.
†Protestant, Catholic and Adventist.
‡Not alive and migrated to Saudi.
§Not alive. The ‘n’ for each variable varies on acocunt of missing responses.