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) |