Disparities in Sexual and Reproductive Health Service Utilization and Associated Factors among Adolescents with and without Disability in Southern Ethiopia

Table 1

Frequency distribution of adolescents by their background characteristics in Arba Minch town school, 2019/2020.

Variable	Adolescent with disabilities		Adolescent without disabilities
	Frequency	%	Frequency	%
Sex
Male	110	52.1	108	51.2
Female	101	47.9	103	48.8
Age
15–17	85	40.3	147	67.3
18–19	126	59.7	69	32.3
Mother education
No education	98	46.4	105	49.8
Primary	76	36	60	28.4
Secondary	27	12.8	41	19.4
Higher education and above	10	4.7	5	2.4
Father education
No education	105	49.8	72	34.1
Primary	43	20.4	36	17.1
Secondary	41	19.4	72	34.1
Higher education and above	23	10.4	31	14.7
Ethnicity
Gamo	165	78.2	175	82.9
Gofa	35	16.6	27	12.8
Others	11	5.2	9	4.3
Occupation of father
Employed	184	87.2	180	85.3
Daily laborer	13	6.2	12	5.7
Unemployed	7	3.3	14	6.6
Others	7	3.3	5	2.4
Occupation of mother
Employed	178	84.4	176	83.4
House wife	14	6.6	16	7.6
Unemployed	12	5.7	16	7.6
Others	7	3.3	3	1.4
Religion
Protestant	160	75.8	149	70.6
Orthodox	48	22.7	54	25.6
Other	3	1.5	8	3.8
HH monthly income in birr
Low (<2000)	121	57.3	124	58.8
Moderate (2000–5000)	81	38.4	80	37.9
High (>5000)	9	4.3	7	3.3
Marital status
Currently married	23	10.9	46	21.8
Currently unmarried	188	89.1	165	78.2