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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of adolescent female high school students, Arbaminch town, March 2014 (n = 362)

From: Childhood sexual abuse experiences and its associated factors among adolescent female high school students in Arbaminch town, Gammo Goffa zone, Southern Ethiopia: a mixed method study

Variables

 

No.

%

Age

14–15

55

15.2

16–17

221

61.0

18–19

86

23.8

Religion

Orthodox

185

51.1

Muslim

8

2.2

Protestant

147

40.7

Catholic

11

3.0

Other

11

3.0

Marital status of the student

Single

331

91.4

Married

31

8.6

Living arrangement of the student

Father and mother

196

54.1

Friends

72

19.9

Alone

94

26.0

Educational status of the student’s father

Below secondary

196

54.1

Above secondary

166

45.9

Educational status of the student’s mother

Below secondary

254

70.6

Above secondary

108

29.4

Family size

<5

122

34.5

5–9

209

59.0

> = 10

31

6.5