Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of regular under graduate WU students, Amhara region, north east Ethiopia, Dessie, November, 2020(n = 371)
Character | Frequency | Percent (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age | 20–25 | 334 | 90.0 |
26–30 | 31 | 8.4 | |
> = 31 | 6 | 1.6 | |
Sex | Male | 190 | 51.2 |
Female | 181 | 48.8 | |
Marital status | Single | 337 | 90.8 |
Others | 34 | 9.2 | |
Religion | Muslim | 100 | 27.0 |
Orthodox | 255 | 68.7 | |
Others | 16 | 4.3 | |
Ethnicity | Amhara | 258 | 69.5 |
Oromo | 55 | 14.8 | |
Tigre | 41 | 11.1 | |
others (snnp,benshangul,harer,gam | 17 | 4.6 | |
Family history | Yes | 99 | 26.7 |
No | 272 | 73.3 | |
Living condition | Urban | 178 | 48.0 |
Rural | 193 | 52.0 | |
Frequency of worship | Daily | 120 | 32.3 |
2–3 times a week | 106 | 28.6 | |
Weekly | 94 | 25.3 | |
Less than weekly | 28 | 7.5 | |
Never | 23 | 6.2 | |
Monthly pocket money | 0–549 | 204 | 55.0 |
550–1199 | 130 | 35.0 | |
1200–1999 | 17 | 4.6 | |
> = 2000 | 20 | 5.4 | |