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Table 2 Socio-demographic and economic characteristics of young Ethiopians, EDHS 2016

From: HIV knowledge and associated factors among young Ethiopians: application of multilevel order logistic regression using the 2016 EDHS

Items	Category			Level of knowledge of HIV
		Total		Low		Moderate		Comprehensive
		N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Education	No education	1773	16.7	632	44.3	582	40.7	214	15.0
	Primary	6076	57.3	1307	22.5	2893	49.8	1607	27.7
	Secondary	2095	19.8	135	6.5	1083	52.0	866	41.5
	Higher	654	6.2	12	1.8	305	46.7	336	51.5
Residence	Urban	2335	22.0	200	8.7	1123	48.7	984	42.7
Residence	Rural	8263	78.0	1887	24.6	3740	48.8	2039	26.6
Sex of HH head	Male	8104	76.5	1633	21.5	3735	49.1	2237	29.4
Sex of HH head	Female	2494	23.5	454	19.2	1128	47.7	786	33.2
Occupation	Not working	4262	40.2	1052	26.8	1912	48.7	961	24.5
	Agricultural	3572	33.7	672	19.8	1595	47.0	1128	33.2
	Professional	253	2.4	12	4.9	128	50.9	111	44.3
	Trade/Sales	1014	9.6	151	15.3	517	52.1	322	32.6
	Elementary	968	9.1	135	14.7	470	51.2	313	34.1
	Others	528	5.0	62	12.7	242	49.2	187	38.1
Wealth Status	Poor	3450	32.6	943	30.6	1443	46.8	697	22.6
	Middle	1960	18.5	439	24.0	911	49.8	478	26.2
	Rich	5187	49.0	705	13.9	2509	49.6	1848	36.5
Religion	Orthodox	4647	43.9	656	14.6	2210	49.0	1643	36.4
	Protestant	2500	23.6	494	20.7	1247	52.2	647	27.1
	Muslim	3222	30.4	863	30.1	1315	45.9	689	24.0
	Other	229	2.2	74	35.2	91	43.6	44	21.3
Marital Status	Never in union	7388	69.7	1194	17.1	3425	49.0	2375	34.0
	Married	2684	25.3	779	31.3	1207	48.3	505	20.3
	Other	525	5.0	114	23.3	230	47.3	143	29.4
Own’s Mobile	No	6264	59.1	1632	28.5	2699	47.2	1393	24.3
Own’s Mobile	Yes	4334	40.9	455	10.7	2164	50.9	1630	38.4
Respondent’s sex	Female	6143	58.0	1526	26.7	2820	49.3	1375	24.0
Respondent’s sex	Male	4455	42.0	560	13.2	2043	48.1	1648	38.8

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