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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of under graduate female students of Ambo University, West Shoa Zone, Ethiopia, 2018

From: Assessment of knowledge on abortion law and factors affecting it among regular undergraduate female students of Ambo University, Oromia Region, Ethiopia, 2018: a cross sectional study

Variables

N(%)

Age

 Below median age (21 years)

298 (37.4%)

 Above median age (21 years)

497 (62.5%)

Religion

 Orthodox

269 (33.8%)

 Muslim

103 (13%)

 Protestant

374 (47%)

Wakefata

49 (6.2%)

Marital status

 Single

687 (86.4%)

 Married

83 (10.4%)

 Widowed

13 (1.6%)

 Divorced

12 (1.5%)

College or faculty

 Natural science and computational

100 (12.6%)

 medicine and health sciences

50 (6.3%)

 Social science and Humanities

174 (21.9%)

 Institute of cooperative

12 (1.5%)

 College of business and Economics

40 (5%)

 Institute of technology

260 (32.7%)

Mother educational level

 No formal education

244 (30.7%)

 primary school

231 (29.1%)

 High school

148 (18.6%)

 College and above

172 (21.6%)

Father educational level

 No of formal education

135 (17.0%)

 Primary school

234 (29.4%)

 High school

178 (22.4%)

 College and above

248 (31.2%)

Previous Residence area

 Urban

277 (34.8%)

 Semi-urban

163 (20.5%)

Current residence

 In Campus

727 (91.4%)

 Outside campus

68(8.6%)

Pocket money per month

  < 300

180 (22.6%)

 Above 300

61(77.4%0

Estimated family income

  < 4500 or below

389 (48.9%)

 Above 4500

406 (51.1%)