Table 1 Socio-demographic background of the study participants attending secondary schools in Welkite town, April 2016, (n = 1271)
From: Prevalence of myopia among secondary school students in Welkite town: South-Western Ethiopia
Variable | Category | Number | % |
|---|---|---|---|
Age in years | 13 | 6 | 0.5 |
14 | 51 | 4.0 | |
15 | 275 | 21.6 | |
16 | 363 | 28.6 | |
17 | 227 | 17.9 | |
18 | 238 | 18.7 | |
19 | 67 | 5.3 | |
20 | 33 | 2.6 | |
21 | 5 | 0.4 | |
22 | 3 | 0.2 | |
23 | 2 | 0.2 | |
26 | 1 | 0.1 | |
Sex | Female | 648 | 51.0 |
Male | 623 | 49.0 | |
Ethnicity | Gurage | 920 | 72.4 |
Amhara | 234 | 18.4 | |
Oromo | 56 | 4.4 | |
Tigrea | 14 | 1.1 | |
Others | 47 | 3.7 | |
Grade level | 9 | 469 | 36.9 |
10 | 437 | 34.4 | |
11 | 185 | 14.6 | |
12 | 180 | 14.2 | |
Parental Myopia | Yes | 264 | 20.77 |
No | 1007 | 79.23 |