Table 2: Sociodemographic characteristics of students’ parents in secondary and preparatory schools in Fiche town, Oromia, Ethiopia, June 2017 (N=378).

Variable Category requency Percent
Marital status Together 293 77.5
Divorced 45 11.9
At least one parent not alive 40 10.6
Mother’s educational status Do not read and write 149 39.4
Primary 126 33.3
Secondary 28 7.4
Diploma and above 75 19.8
Father’s educational status Do not read and write 122 32.3
Primary 125 33.1
Secondary 18 4.8
Diploma and above 113 29.9
Mother’s occupational status Housewife 113 29.9
Government employee 79 20.9
Farmer 122 32.3
Merchant 35 9.3
Private employee 29 7.7
Father’s occupational status Farmer 207 54.8
Government employee 111 29.4
Merchant 33 8.7
Private employee 27 7.1
Family size ≤3 20 5.3
4-6 202 53.4
≥7 156 41.3