Research Article
Lifetime Prevalence of Sexual Violence and Its Associated Factors among High School Female Students in Jarso District, Oromia Region, Eastern Ethiopia
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of high school female students in Jarso district, Oromia region, eastern Ethiopia, 2019 (
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| Variables | Categories | Frequency | Percentages |
| Age group | <15 | 320 | 57.2 | 15-19 | 210 | 37.6 | >19 | 29 | 5.2 |
| Religion | Muslim | 470 | 84.1 | Non-Muslim | 89 | 15.9 |
| Ethnicity | Oromo | 533 | 95.3 | Amhara | 22 | 3.9 | Others | 4 | 0.8 |
| Residence | Urban | 188 | 33.6 | Rural | 371 | 66.4 |
| Educational status | Grade 9 | 317 | 56.7 | Grade 10 | 242 | 43.3 |
| Mother’s educational level | No formal education | 318 | 56.89 | Primary | 103 | 18.43 | Secondary | 96 | 17.2 | College and above | 42 | 7.5 |
| Father’s educational level | No formal education | 264 | 47.2 | Primary | 128 | 22.9 | Secondary | 105 | 18.8 | College and above | 62 | 11.1 |
| Have ever married | Yes | 94 | 16.8 | No | 465 | 83.2 |
| Currently married (94) | Yes | 56 | 59.6 | No | 38 | 40.4 |
| With whom you live currently | With parents | 416 | 74.4 | With friend | 39 | 7.0 | With husband | 39 | 7.0 | With relatives | 40 | 7.2 | Other | 25 | 4.4 |
| Current parental living conditions | Mother and father live together | 420 | 75.1 | Separated | 79 | 14.1 | Only father alive | 21 | 3.8 | Only mother alive | 29 | 5.2 | Both are not alive | 10 | 1.8 |
| Receive enough money | Yes | 179 | 32.0 | No | 380 | 68.0 |
| Monthly average family income | <1000 ETB | 267 | 47.8 | 1000-2500 ETB | 154 | 27.5 | >2500 ETB | 138 | 24.7 |
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Notes: ETB: Ethiopian birr; others : Somali, Harari, and Gurage; others : both relatives and parents, alone. |