Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristic of female undergraduate students in Jigjiga City, (n = 407).
Variables | Category | No | % |
|---|---|---|---|
Age of participants | 15–19 | 209 | 51.4 |
20–24 | 135 | 33.2 | |
25–29 | 63 | 15.5 | |
Marital Status | Single | 310 | 76.2 |
Married | 90 | 22.1 | |
Other* | 7 | 1.7 | |
Ethnicity | Somali | 358 | 88.0 |
Amhara | 19 | 4.7 | |
Oromo | 28 | 6.9 | |
Others** | 2 | 0.5 | |
Religion | Muslim | 393 | 96.6 |
Christian | 14 | 3.4 | |
Family monthly income | Less than one thousand | 50 | 12.3 |
One thousand to five thousand | 111 | 27.3 | |
Five thousand up to ten thousand | 206 | 50.6 | |
More than ten thousand | 40 | 9.8 | |
Previous place of residency | Urban | 310 | 76.2 |
Rural | 97 | 23.8 | |
Department of study | Business Administration | 26 | 6.4 |
Accounting | 91 | 22.4 | |
Nutrition | 98 | 24.1 | |
Midwifery | 81 | 19.9 | |
Management | 54 | 13.3 | |
Nursing | 37 | 9.1 | |
Public Health | 16 | 3.9 | |
Public Administration | 4 | 1.0 | |
Year of study | 2nd year | 270 | 66.3 |
3rd year | 80 | 19.7 | |
4th year | 57 | 14.0 | |
Father educational status | Illiterate | 179 | 44.0 |
Read and write | 105 | 25.8 | |
Elementary school | 75 | 18.4 | |
High school | 33 | 8.1 | |
College and above | 15 | 3.7 | |
Mother educational status | Illiterate | 205 | 50.4 |
Read and write | 129 | 31.7 | |
Elementary school | 39 | 9.6 | |
High school | 20 | 4.9 | |
College and above | 14 | 3.4 |
