Variables Alternatives Number  (N) Percentage (%)
Sex  of respondents Male 407 66.8
Female 202 33.2
Age of respondents 18-20 years 210 34.5
21-23 years 352 57.9
≥24 years 46 7.6
Religion of respondents Muslim 144 23.6
Orthodox 236 38.8
Protestant 201 33
Other* 28 4.6
Single 581 95.4
Marital Status Married 21 3.4
Divorced 6 1
Widowed 1 0.2
Ethnicity Oromo 484 79.5
Amhara 66 10.8
Tigre 8 1.3
Other** 51 8.4
Engineering and Technology 317 52.3
School/College Natural Science 56 9.2
Health Science 77 12.7
Biodiversity and Natural Resource Management 22 3.6
Business and Economics 86 14.2
Behavioral Science 26 4.3
Language 22 3.6
Class Year I 163 26.8
II 188 30.9
III 156 25.7
IV 53 8.7
V 48 7.9
Original Residence Urban 270 44.4
Rural 338 55.6
*Wakefanna, Apostiles, **Sidama, Wolayita, Hadiya and other ethnic group from SNNP
Table 1: Socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents of Madawalabu University, May, 2015 (N=609).