Is There Association between Risky Sexual Behaviors and Depression Symptoms among Youth? A Case of Jimma University Students, Ethiopia

Table 1

Socio demographic, economic, and academic and parent’s characteristics of Jimma University students, April, 2016.

	Characteristics	Frequency (n=660)	Percentage
Sex	Male	422	63.9
	Female	238	36.1
Age	18-20	273	41.4
	21-23	305	46.2
	>=24	82	12.4
Marital status	Married	73	11.1
	Unmarried	587	88.9
Ethnicity	Oromo	352	53.3
	Amhara	235	23.5
	Gurage	52	7.9
	Tigre	39	5.9
	Yem	28	4.2
	Others	34	5.2
Religion	Orthodox	269	40.8
	Islam	202	30.5
	Protestant	156	23.6
	wakefeta	21	3.2
	Catholic	8	1.2
	Others	5	0.8
Living Residence before joining university	Rural	270	40.9
	Urban	390	59.1
Living arrangement	Living with parent	107	16.2
	Living away from parent	553	83.8
Current living residence	In dormitory	494	89.3
	Outside dormitory in rented house	59	10.7
Participation in religious education	Yes	539	81.7
	No	121	18.3
Average Monthly pocket money(birr)	None	46	7.0
	<100	85	12.8
	100-299	153	23.2
	300-499	241	36.5
	≥ 500	135	20.5
College	Health science	273	41.4
	Law and governance	155	23.5
	Social science and humanities	150	22.7
	Natural and computational science	82	12.4
Year of study	Year I	208	31.5
	Year II	170	25.8
	Year III	128	20.9
	Year IV	90	13.6
	Year V	54	8.2
Mother’s educational status	Illiterate	165	25.0
	Primary school	281	42.6
	Secondary school	129	19.5
	University/ collage	85	12.9
Father’s educational status	Illiterate	108	16.4
	Primary school	231	35.0
	Secondary school	202	30.6
	University/ collage	119	18.0

Other ethnicity= Wolayta, Sidama, Kafa, Hadiya, and Silte.
Other religion = Giova witness, Adventist, atheist.