Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of Wolaita Sodo University students, June,2010
From: Predictors of sexual abstinence among Wolaita Sodo University Students, South Ethiopia
Socio demographic and socio economic characteristics | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Sex | 583 | 77.8 |
Male | 166 | 22.2 |
Female | ||
Ethnicity | 181 | 24.2 |
Amhara | 129 | 17.2 |
Hadiya | 128 | 17.1 |
Oromo | 101 | 13.5 |
Gurage | 86 | 11.5 |
Wolaita | 52 | 6.9 |
Tigre | 72 | 9.5 |
Others* | ||
Religion | 368 | 49.1 |
Orthodox Christian | 107 | 14.3 |
Muslim | 261 | 34.8 |
Protestant | 13 | 1.8 |
Others ** | 194 | 25.9 |
Faculty or school | 154 | 20.6 |
Natural Science | 144 | 19.2 |
Business economics | 103 | 13.8 |
Social Science | 76 | 10 |
Agriculture | 42 | 5.6 |
Health Science | 36 | 4.6 |
School of Technology | ||
School of Law | ||
Academic year | 356 | 47.5 |
Year I | 153 | 20.4 |
Year II | 240 | 32.0 |
Year III | ||
Current place of accommodation | 733 | 97.9 |
Dormitory | 13 | 1.7 |
With parents | 3 | 0.4 |
Outside campus rented | ||
Self reported academic performance | 250 | 33.4 |
Below average | 382 | 51.0 |
At least average | 117 | 15.6 |
Ten top |