Table 1 Socio-demographic and academic characteristics of Wolaita Sodo University undergraduate students, 2012, N = 642
Variables | Frequency | Percentage % |
|---|---|---|
Age | Â | Â |
Median 20.00, Range 18–25 | ||
Sex | Â | Â |
Male | 516 | 80.4 |
Female | 126 | 19.6 |
Religion | Â | Â |
Orthodox | 280 | 43.6 |
Protestant | 233 | 36.3 |
Muslim | 109 | 17 |
Others | 20 | 3.1 |
Place where they came from | Â | Â |
Rural | 334 | 52 |
Urban | 308 | 48 |
Ethnic origin | Â | Â |
Wolaita | 154 | 24 |
Amhara | 141 | 22 |
Oromo | 100 | 15.6 |
Hadiya | 55 | 8.6 |
Tigre | 43 | 6.6 |
Others | 149 | 23.2 |
Type of school attended (elementary and high school) | Â | Â |
Governmental | 472 | 73.5 |
Nongovernmental | 109 | 17 |
Both | 61 | 9.5 |
Faculty | Â | Â |
Engineering | 161 | 25.1 |
Natural & computational sciences | 156 | 24.5 |
Business and economics | 94 | 14.6 |
Social science and humanities | 94 | 14.6 |
Agriculture | 67 | 10.4 |
Health sciences | 42 | 6.5 |
Law | 20 | 3.1 |
Veterinary medicine | 8 | 1.2 |
Year of study | Â | Â |
Year I | 336 | 52.3 |
Year II | 180 | 28 |
Year III+ | 126 | 19.7 |