Predeparture characteristics of sampled female returnees from trafficking, Ethiopia, 2016 (n=671)
| Characteristics* | Number (%) |
| Age | |
| 14–17 | 74 (11.0) |
| 18–20 | 272 (40.5) |
| 21–25 | 275(41) |
| 26–49 | 50 (7.5) |
| Marital status | |
| Never married | 498 (74.2) |
| Married | 141 (21.0) |
| Separated/widowed | 32 (4.77) |
| Educational level | |
| Illiterate and/or informal education | 61 (9.1) |
| Elementary | 236 (35.2) |
| Junior | 202 (30.1) |
| High school and above | 172 (25.6) |
| Religion | |
| Muslim | 416 (62.0) |
| Orthodox | 139 (20.7) |
| Protestant | 109 (16.2) |
| Others | 7 (1.05) |
| Region | |
| Oromyia | 216 (32.2) |
| Amhara | 209 (31.2) |
| SNNPRS† | 167 (24.9) |
| Others | 79 (11.8) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Oromo | 267 (39.8) |
| Amhara | 192 (28.6) |
| SNNP‡ | 180 (26.8) |
| Others | 32 (4.77) |
| Residence | |
| Rural | 410 (61.1) |
| Urban | 261 (38.9) |
| Parents alive | |
| Both alive | 486 (72.4) |
| Only mother | 112 (16.7) |
| Only father | 43 (6.4) |
| Both not alive | 30 (4.5) |
| Occupation | |
| Student | 481 (71.7) |
| Unemployed | 51 (7.6) |
| Trade or service (family) | 31 (4.6) |
| Agriculture (family) | 30 (4.5) |
| Daily labourer | 30 (4.5) |
| Other | 48 (7.2) |
*Variables in the first column represent the background characteristics of victims before the departure time.
†SNNPRS represents Southern Nations and Nationalities and Peoples Reginal State.
‡SNNP comprises more than 40 ethnic groups in SNNPRS, and most victims of trafficking from the region were mainly from Hadiya, Kembata, Woyita and Sidama groups.