Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of students, Aksum University, North Ethiopia, May 2016 (n = 919)
Variables | Categories | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
Age in year | ≥20 21–24 ≥25 | 116 738 65 | 12.6 80.3 7.1 |
Sex | Male Female | 597 322 | 65.0 35.0 |
Residence | Urban Rural | 559 360 | 60.2 39.8 |
Religion | Orthodox Christian Muslim Protestant Other | 785 58 66 10 | 85.4 6.3 7.2 1.0 |
College/faculty/school | Medicine and health sciences Business and economics Natural & computational sciences Social sciences and humanities Agriculture Engineering | 94 134 77 85 56 473 | 10.2 14.6 8.4 9.2 6.1 51.5 |
Department choice | Preferred Not preferred | 774 145 | 84.2 15.2 |
Year of enrollment | 1st 2nd 3rd 4th | 274 228 177 240 | 29.8 24.8 19.3 26.1 |
Interest of the department | Yes No | 780 139 | 84.9 15.1 |
Religion practice | Yes No | 484 435 | 52.7 47.3 |
Conflict in the dormitory | Yes No | 443 476 | 48.2 51.8 |
Have pocket money | Yes No | 383 536 | 41.7 58.3 |
Financial distress | Yes No | 443 476 | 48.2 51.8 |
Family history of mental illness | Yes No | 128 791 | 13.9 86.1 |