Research Article
Prevalence of Anemia and Associated Factors among Secondary School Adolescent Girls in Jimma Town, Oromia Regional State, Southwest Ethiopia
Table 1
Socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of adolescent girls and their parents in Jimma town, Oromia, southwest Ethiopia.
| Variables (N = 528) | Categories | Frequency (n = 528) | Percent (%) |
| Age | 14–16 | 274 | 51.9 | 17–19 | 254 | 48.1 |
| Ethnicity | Oromo | 279 | 52.8 | Amhara | 100 | 18.9 | Guraga | 42 | 8.0 | Dawuro | 28 | 5.3 | Keffa | 23 | 4.4 | Yeme | 30 | 5.7 | Others1 | 26 | 4.9 |
| Religion | Orthodox | 219 | 41.48 | Muslim | 179 | 33.9 | Protestant | 117 | 22.16 | Catholic | 13 | 2.46 |
| Family size | ≤5 | 239 | 45.3 | >5 | 289 | 54.7 |
| Marital status | Single | 498 | 94.3 | Married | 30 | 5.7 |
| Parental condition | Parents alive | 423 | 80.1 | Only father alive | 47 | 8.9 | Only mother alive | 40 | 7.6 | Dead | 18 | 3.4 |
| Living status of adolescent girls | Living with parents | 394 | 74.6 | Living with relatives | 69 | 13.1 | Living separately from family | 65 | 12.3 |
| Maternal educational status | Cannot read and write | 66 | 12.5 | Can read and write | 95 | 18.0 | Primary (1–8) | 117 | 22.2 | Secondary (9–12) | 118 | 22.3 | Above 12 | 132 | 25.0 |
| Father educational status | Cannot read and write | 29 | 5.5 | Can read and write | 119 | 22.5 | Primary (1–8) | 109 | 20.6 | Secondary (9–12) | 120 | 22.7 | Above 12 | 151 | 28.6 |
| Maternal occupation | House wife | 232 | 43.9 | Merchant | 91 | 17.2 | Government employee | 145 | 26.9 | Private employee | 48 | 9.1 | Daily laborer | 12 | 2.3 |
| Father occupational status | Government employee | 228 | 43.2 | Merchant | 154 | 29.2 | Daily laborer | 18 | 3.4 | Private employee | 103 | 19.5 | Farmer | 25 | 4.7 |
| Wealth status | Low | 185 | 35 | Medium | 172 | 32.6 | High | 171 | 32.4 |
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