Rural Adolescents: Parental Communication on Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters in Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of adolescents and their parents in Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia, 2017 ().

Variables	Number ()	Percent
Age
10-14	25	3
15-19	808	97
Sex
Male	429	51.5
Female	404	48.5
Educational status
No formal education	14	1.68
Primary (1–8)	126	15.2
Secondary (9, 10)	644	77.3
Preparatory (11, 12)	49	5.8
Ethnicity
Oromo	635	76.3
Amhara	127	15.3
Guraghe	29	3.5
Others^a	42	5.1
Marital status
Single	815	97.8
Married	18	2.2
Religion
Muslim	591	70.9
Orthodox	206	24.7
Protestant	34	4.1
Wakefata	2	0.3
Living arrangement
With parents	677	81.3
With relatives	53	6.4
With friends in rented house	93	11.2
Alone	10	1.2
Educational status of father
No formal education	392	47.1
Primary	358	42.9
Secondary	65	7.8
Higher education	18	2.2
Occupation of father
Farmer	666	79.9
Small scale merchant	111	13.3
Government employee	29	3.5
Others^b	27	3.3
Educational status of mother
No formal education	490	58.8
Primary	304	36.5
Secondary	33	4.0
Higher education	6	0.7
Occupation of mother
Farmer	642	77.1
Housewife	106	12.7
Merchant	47	5.6
Others^c	38	4.6

^aOthers include Tigre and Kafa. ^bOthers include self-employee and daily laborer. ^cOthers include government employee, self-employee, and daily laborer.