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Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics of adolescent’s parents/guardians in eastern Ethiopia (n = 2010)

From: Physical fighting among adolescents in eastern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Categories

n (%)

Parent/guardian status

Both alive

1707 (84.9)

Mother alive

200 (10.0)

Father alive

58 (2.9)

Both not alive

34 (1.7)

Do not know

11 (0.5)

Currently living with

Both parents

1491 (74.2)

Mother alone

283 (14.1)

Father alone

53 (1.6)

Male guardian alone

38 (1.9)

Female guardian alone

90 (4.5)

By myself

20 (1.0)

Others specify

35 (1.7)

Father/male guardian educational status

None

654 (45.0)

Primary (1–8)

333 (22.9)

Secondary (9–12)

309 (21.3)

Tertiary (college level)

156 (10.7)

Father/male guardian occupation

Farmer

768 (48.2)

Merchant

185 (11.6)

teacher

17 (1.1)

Government employee

259 (16.2)

Others

366 (22.9)

Age of father/male guardian (years)

Mean age

56.1(±22.8)

25–34

55 (3.7)

35–44

513 (34.3)

45–64

578 (38.7)

65+

349 (23.3)

Educational status of mother/female guardian

None

787 (51.7)

Primary (1–8)

354 (23.2)

Secondary (9–12)

282 (18.5)

Tertiary

100 (6.6)

Occupation of mother/female guardian

Farmer

349 (33.1)

Merchant

309 (18.6)

Teacher

14 (0.8)

Government employee

169 (10.2)

Others

617 (37.2)

Age of mother/female guardian (years)

Mean age

46.2(±21.1)

Less than 25

22 (1.3)

25–34

349 (21.0)

35–44

757 (45.7)

45–64

296 (71.9)

65+

234 (14.1)

Household family member/size\

Mean family size

5.8 (±2.1)

≤ 4

601 (29.9)

> 4

1409 (70.1)

Wealth index

Lowest

657 (32.7)

Second

265 (13.2)

Middle

274 (13.6)

Fourth

409 (20.3)

Highest

405 (20.1)

Hunger during last 30 days

Never

1452 (72.2)

Rarely

281 (14.0)

Sometimes

246 (12.2)

Usually

29 (1.4)

Always

2 (0.1)