Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of adolescents in Mettu town, Southwest Ethiopia, September 2020 (n = 819)

Sex

Male

399

48.7

Female

420

51.3

Age

10 – 14

365

44.6

15 – 19

454

55.4

Religion

Protestant

242

29.5

Orthodox

309

37.7

Muslim

240

29.3

Wakefata

28

3.5

Ethnicity

Oromo

614

75.0

Amhara

100

12.2

Tigre

67

8.2

Others^a

38

4.6

Education

No formal education

51

6.2

Has formal education

768

93.8

Living status

Lives with parents or other

787

96.1

Lives alone

32

3.9