Research Article
Factors Affecting Parent-Adolescent Discussion on Reproductive Health Issues in Harar, Eastern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of parents, Harar town, Harari region, Ethiopia, May 2010.
| Variables | Frequency | Percentage |
| Age | | | <35 years | 125 | 16.60 | 35–45 years | 334 | 44.50 | >45 years | 292 | 38.90 | Sex | | | Male | 178 | 23.70 | Female | 573 | 76.30 | Family size | | | 1-2 | 194 | 25.83 | 3–5 | 435 | 57.92 | >5 | 122 | 16.25 | Ethnicity | | | Oromo | 175 | 23.30 | Amhara | 350 | 46.60 | Harari | 135 | 17.98 | Others | 91 | 12.12 | Religion | | | Orthodox | 425 | 56.59 | Muslim | 255 | 33.95 | Protestant | 68 | 9.05 | Others | 3 | 0.41 | Marital status | | | Married | 571 | 76.03 | Single | 4 | 0.53 | Separated | 42 | 5.59 | Divorce | 34 | 4.53 | Widowed | 100 | 13.32 | Educational level | | | Illiterate | 164 | 21.84 | Read and write only | 61 | 8.12 | Grades 1–4 | 60 | 7.99 | Grades 5–8 | 182 | 24.23 | Grades 9-10 | 70 | 9.32 | Above 10 | 214 | 28.50 | Occupation | | | Government employee | 184 | 24.50 | Housewife | 377 | 50.20 | Unemployed | 27 | 3.60 | Merchant | 93 | 12.38 | Others | 70 | 9.32 | Income | | | <400 Birr | 214 | 28.50 | 400–999 Birr | 221 | 29.42 | 1000 and above Birr | 181 | 24.10 | Unknown income | 135 | 17.98 |
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