Table 1: Socio-demographic characteristics of school adolescents in Kemebata Temebaro Zone, February 2012.

Variable	Number	Percent (%)
Sex
Male	420	54.4
Female	352	45.6
Age category
15-17	493	64.3
18 &19	274	35.7
Level of education
Grade nine	402	52.1
Grade ten	370	47.9
Religion
Protestant	588	76.2
Orthodox	67	8.2
Catholic	104	13.5
Muslim	9	1.1
Other	4	0.5
Ethnicity
Kemebata	480	62.2
Temebaro	38	4.9
Hadiya	175	22.7
Amhara	59	7.6
Other	20	2.6
Living arrangement
Living with mother and father	642	83.2
With father only	79	10.2
With mother only	26	3.4
Other	25	3.2
Residence
Rural	428	55.4
Urban	344	44.6
Family size
Greater than 5	485	62.8
Less than 5	287	37.2
Mother’s educational level
No formal education	255	33.1
Primary education	221	28.6
Secondary education and above	296	38.3
Father’s educational level
Can’t read and write	236	30.6
Primary education	226	29.3
Secondary education and above	310	40.1
Mothers’ occupation
House wife	522	67.6
Government employee	62	8
Private Employee	15	2
Small scale merchant	115	14.9
Other	58	7.5
Fathers’ occupation
Farmer	491	63.6
Government Employee	115	14.9
Private Employee	52	6.7
Small scale merchant	85	11
Other	29	3.8