Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of study children
Total sample (N = 649) | Sub-sample (N = 173)† | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sociodemographics | Boys (%) | Girls (%) | Total (%) | p** | Boys (%) | Girls (%) | Total | p** |
School type | ||||||||
Public | 219 (47.9) | 238 (52.1) | 457 (70.4) | 60 (49.6) | 61 (50.4) | 121 (69.9) | ||
0.808 | 0.518 | |||||||
Private | 90 (46.9) | 102 (53.1) | 192 (29.6) | 23 (44.2) | 29 (55.8) | 52 (30.1) | ||
School location | ||||||||
Urban area | 259 (47.7) | 284 (52.3) | 543 (83.7) | 69 (47.6) | 76 (52.4) | 145 (83.8) | ||
0.921 | 0.815 | |||||||
Peri-urban area | 50 (47.2) | 56 (52.8) | 106 (16.3) | 14 (50.0) | 14 (50.0) | 28 (16.2) | ||
Age (years) | ||||||||
Mean++ | 11.5 ± 1.2 | 11.5 ± 1.2 | 11.5 ± 1.2 | 0.780* | 11.6 ± 1.3 | 11.6 ± 1.3 | 11.6 ± 1.3 | 0.919* |
7-9 | 31 (49.2) | 32 (50.8) | 63 (9.7) | 10 (58.8) | 7 (41.2) | 17 (9.8) | ||
10-12 | 241 (47.5) | 266 (52.5) | 507 (78.1) | 0.959 | 59 (46.5) | 68 (53.5) | 127 (73.4) | 0.631 |
13-14 | 37 (46.8) | 42 (53.2) | 79 (12.2) | 14 (48.3) | 15 (51.7) | 29 (16.8) | ||
Total | 309 (47.6) | 340 (52.4) | 649 (100) | 83 (48.0) | 90 (52.0) | 173 (100) | ||