Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristic of study participants amongst primary school children in Harar, Eastern Ethiopia, 2018
Variables | Number (%) |
|---|---|
Age in years | |
 6–11 | 107 (26.3) |
 12–15 | 300 (73.7) |
Sex | |
 Boys | 214 (52.6) |
 Girls | 193 (47.4) |
Grade | |
 1–4 | 156 (38.3) |
 5–8 | 251 (61.7) |
Residence | |
 Urban | 252 (61.9) |
 Rural | 155 (38.1) |
Ethnicity | |
 Oromo | 261 (64.1) |
 Amhara | 28 (6.9) |
 Harari | 73 (17.9) |
 Gurage | 17 (4.2) |
 Somali | 8 (2) |
 Tigray | 2 (0.5) |
 Other | 18 (4.4) |
Religion | |
 Orthodox | 37 (9.1) |
 Muslim | 357 (87.7) |
 Protestant | 7 (1.7) |
 Catholic | 4 (1) |
 Other | 2 (0.5) |
Average academic score (%) | |
 < 50 | 24 (5.9) |
 > 50 | 383 (94.1) |