Table 1 Distribution of Socio-demographic characteristics of participants
Variables | Categories | Frequency (Percent) |
|---|---|---|
Residence of the participants (district) | Dedo district | 254(42.7) |
Seka Chokorsa district | 243(40.8) | |
Age of participants in years | 18–19 | 9(1.85) |
20–24 | 136(27.4) | |
25–29 | 164(33.0) | |
30–34 | 126(25.4) | |
35–39 | 59(11.9) | |
40–44 | 3(0.6) | |
Educational status of the participants | No formal education | 238(47.9) |
Primary school (1–8 grades) | 163(32.8) | |
Secondary school (9–12 grades) | 94(18.9) | |
College and above | 2(0.4) | |
Ethnicity of the participants | Oromo | 480(96.) |
Amhara | 8(1.6) | |
Other | 9(1.5) | |
Religion of the participants | Muslim | 477(96.0) |
orthodox | 13(2.6) | |
protestant | 7(1.4) |