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Table 1 Characteristics of adolescents in Legehida district, Northeast Ethiopia, 2016 (n = 406)

From: Parenting perspective on the psychosocial correlates of adolescent sexual and reproductive health behavior among high school adolescents in Ethiopia

Variable

Category

Number

Percentage

Sex

Male

206

50.7

Female

200

49.3

Age

14–16

368

90.6

17–19

38

9.4

Religion

Orthodox

110

27.1

Muslim

296

72.9

Grade level

9th

262

64.5

10th

144

35.5

Perceived academic performance

Outstanding

227

55.9

Average

133

32.7

Poor

46

11.4

Living arrangement

With biological father and mother

220

54.2

With biological father only

32

7.9

With biological mother only

38

9.4

With others

116

28.6

Religious service attendance

Never

68

16.7

Occasionally

176

43.3

Daily

162

39.9

Family residence

Rural

324

79.8

Urban

82

20.2

Father education

Illiterate

98

24.1

Literate

308

75.9

Mother education

Illiterate

146

36.0

Literate

260

64.0

Family SES

Low

131

32.2

Middle

245

60.3

High

30

7.5