| Variables | Frequency N = 728 | % |
| Age (years) |
|
|
| 15 - 19 | 64 | 8.7 |
| 20 - 24 | 633 | 87.0 |
| 25 or more | 31 | 4.3 |
| Sex |
|
|
| Male | 637 | 87.5 |
| Female | 91 | 12.5 |
| Department of the student |
|
|
| Natural resource management | 52 | 7.2 |
| Medicine | 103 | 14.1 |
| Law | 104 | 14.3 |
| Electrical engineering | 304 | 41.8 |
| Business administration | 105 | 14.4 |
| Electrical electronics | 60 | 8.2 |
| Year of the study |
|
|
| Second year | 286 | 39.3 |
| Third year | 276 | 37.9 |
| Fourth year | 104 | 14.3 |
| Fifth year | 62 | 8.5 |
| Marital status |
|
|
| Never married | 673 | 92.4 |
| Ever married/cohabiting | 55 | 7.6 |
| Religion |
|
|
| Orthodox Christian | 407 | 55.9 |
| Protestant Christian | 114 | 15.7 |
| Muslim | 183 | 25.1 |
| Others | 24 | 3.3 |
| Ethnicity |
|
|
| Amhara | 242 | 33.3 |
| Oromo | 315 | 43.3 |
| Gurage | 70 | 9.6 |
| Tigre | 78 | 10.7 |
| Others | 23 | 3.2 |
| Monthly pocket money | N = 686 |
|
| 100 - 299 birr | 398 | 59.1 |
| 300 or more birr | 288 | 40.9 |
| Family’s main source of income |
|
|
| Daily labourer | 26 | 4.0 |
| Government employee | 204 | 27.9 |
| Business | 199 | 27.3 |
| Agriculture-based | 279 | 38.0 |
| Others | 20 | 2.7 |