Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the quantitative study participants targeted by the school-based PLEA-malaria, Jimma, Ethiopia, 2017–2019 (N = 404)
Categories | Frequency | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|
Place of residence | ||
Urban | 61 | 15.2 |
Rural | 340 | 84.8 |
Sex | ||
Male | 242 | 60.3 |
Female | 159 | 39.7 |
Age of students | ||
10–14 | 144 | 35.9 |
15–19 | 229 | 57.1 |
20–24 | 28 | 7.0 |
Religion | ||
Muslim | 295 | 73.6 |
Orthodox | 72 | 18.0 |
Protestant | 34 | 8.5 |
Ethnicity | ||
Oromo | 344 | 85.8 |
Amhara | 31 | 7.7 |
Others | 26 | 6.4 |
Roles in class | ||
Class leader | 69 | 17.2 |
Vice leader | 57 | 14.2 |
Members | 275 | 68.6 |
Latest GPA | ||
Excellent | 48 | 12.0 |
Very good | 155 | 38.7 |
Satisfactory | 182 | 45.4 |
Fair | 16 | 4 |