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Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of street children in Jimma town, Oromiya National Regional State, Southwest Ethiopia, March 2019

From: Prevalence and factors associated with substance use among street children in Jimma town, Oromiya national regional state, Ethiopia: a community based cross-sectional study

Variables

Categories

Frequency (n = 312)

Percentage (%)

Sex

Male

281

90.1

Female

31

9.9

Age

12–14 years

191

61.2

15–18 years

121

38.8

Birthplace

Rural

225

72.1

Urban

87

27.9

Religion

Muslim

213

68.3

Orthodox

60

19.2

Protestant

39

12.5

Ethnicity

Oromo

209

67

Dawuro

31

9.9

Amhara

39

12.5

Keffa

33

10.6

Educational status

Never attend school

88

28.2

Read and wright

23

7.4

Grade 1–4

146

46.8

Grade 5–8

55

17.6

Duration on the street (month)

1–12

182

58.3

13–60

116

37.2

> 60

14

4.5

Daily income (birr)

≤ 35

171

54.8

> 35

141

45.2