Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants
Categories | Number | Percentage (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age in years | <20 | 76 | 19.8 |
20-24 | 235 | 61.2 | |
≥25 | 73 | 19 | |
Gender | Male | 184 | 47.9 |
Female | 200 | 52.1 | |
Ethnicity | Amhara | 165 | 43 |
Oromo | 63 | 16.4 | |
Tigray | 48 | 12.6 | |
Others | 108 | 28 | |
Religion | Orthodox | 276 | 71.9 |
Muslim | 56 | 14.5 | |
Others | 52 | 13.6 | |
Sexual experience | Yes | 202 | 52.6 |
No | 182 | 47.4 | |
Year of study | I | 98 | 25.6 |
II | 88 | 23 | |
III | 79 | 20.5 | |
IV | 62 | 16.1 | |
V | 40 | 10.4 | |
VI | 17 | 4.4 | |