Assessment of Sexual and Reproductive Health Status of Street Children in Addis Ababa

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of street children in Addis Ababa, January, 2011 (𝑁=422).

Variables	Male		Female		Total
	No	%	No	%	No	%
Type of street life
On the street	48	15.3	65	60.2	113	26.8
Off the street	266	84.7	43	39.8	309	73.2
Sex	314	74.4	108	25.6	422	100
Age group (in years)
10–12	15	4.8	4	3.7	19	4.5
13–15	100	31.8	28	25.9	128	30.3
16–18	199	63.4	76	70.4	275	65.2
Religion
Orthodox Christian	176	56.1	46	42.6	222	52.6
Muslim	52	16.6	20	18.5	72	17.1
Protestant	57	18.2	39	36.1	96	22.7
Catholic	11	3.5	0	0	11	2.6
Has no religion	18	5.7	3	2.8	21	5.0
Ethnic group
Amhara	102	32.5	27	25	129	30.6
Oromo	97	30.9	40	37	137	32.5
Tigry	52	16.6	23	21.3	75	17.9
Others	63	20.1	18	16.7	14	2.5
Marital status
Single	285	90.8	63	58.3	348	82.5
Married	13	4.1	25	23.1	38	9.0
Divorced	16	5.1	20	18.5	36	8.5
Educational level
Never attend	33	10.5	6	5.6	39	9.2
Read and write only	31	9.9	15	13.9	46	20.1
1–4 grades	98	31.2	44	40.7	142	53.8
5–8 grades	147	46.8	40	37.0	187	44.3
9–12 grades	5	1.6	3	2.8	8	19
Duration on the street
	90	28.7	15	13.9	105	24.9
1–3 years	145	46.2	71	65.7	216	51.2
3–5 years	46	14.6	21	19.4	67	15.9
	33	10.5	1	0.9	34	8.1
Currently living with
Peers	218	69.4	53	49.1	271	64.2
Alone	49	15.6	10	9.3	59	14.0
Boy/girlfriend	22	7.0	23	21.3	45	10.7
Parents	24	7.6	19	17.6	43	10.2
Others	1	0.3	3	2.8	4	0.9