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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of street homeless young adults in SNNPR, Southern Ethiopia, 2020 (n = 798)

From: Suicidality and homelessness: prevalence and associated factors of suicidal behaviour among homeless young adults in Southern Ethiopia

Variables

Categories

Frequency

Percent (%)

Sex

Male

620

77.7

Female

178

22.3

Age in years

15–19

394

49.4

20–24

186

23.3

25–29

98

12.3

30–34

120

15

Marital status

Married

128

16

Single

650

81.5

Divorced/ widowed

20

2.6

Level of education

No formal education

145

18.1

Primary education

545

68.3

Secondary education

108

13.5

Family status

Two parents alive

318

39.8

One parent alive

286

35.8

Both were died

114

14.3

He/she don’t know the family

80

10