Table 1 Background and demographic characteristics of participants
Mean age ± SD =9.8 ± 1.9 | ||
|---|---|---|
Attribute | Frequency | Percent |
(N = 359) | ||
Sub-district | ||
Akwatia | 97 | 27.0 |
Topremang | 121 | 33.7 |
Okumaning | 141 | 39.3 |
Sex of pupil | ||
Male | 171 | 47.6 |
Female | 188 | 52.4 |
Age of pupil(years) | ||
5–9 | 202 | 56.3 |
10–12 | 157 | 43.7 |
Area of residence | ||
Rural | 249 | 69.4 |
Urban | 110 | 30.6 |
Community type | ||
Mining | 126 | 35.1 |
Farming | 233 | 64.9 |
Religion | ||
Christian | 327 | 91.1 |
Islam | 31 | 8.6 |
Ethnicity | ||
Akan | 238 | 66.3 |
Ewe | 58 | 25.3 |
Ga | 9 | 2.5 |
Northerners | 24 | 6.7 |
Others | 30 | 8.4 |
Child lives with: | ||
Both parents | 259 | 72.1 |
Mother alone | 43 | 12.0 |
Father alone | 13 | 3.6 |
Other relations | 44 | 12.3 |
Guardian’s Occupation | ||
Father’s occupation | ||
Farming | 129 | 35.9 |
Mining | 45 | 12.5 |
Civil/public servant | 34 | 9.5 |
trading | 19 | 5.3 |
Others | 74 | 20.6 |
Unemployed | 28 | 7.8 |
Mother’s occupation | ||
Farming | 69 | 19.2 |
Mining | 29 | 8.1 |
Civil/public servant | 18 | 5.0 |
trading | 189 | 52.7 |
Others | 26 | 7.2 |
Unemployed | 28 | 7.8 |
Receive money for school | ||
Yes | 332 | 92.5 |
No | 26 | 7.2 |
Frequency of meal intake per day | ||
< 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
> 2 | 359 | 100 |
Amount of money(Cedis) for school | ||
< 1.00 | 89 | 24.8 |
1.00–1.99 | 240 | 66.9 |
2.00–3.00 | 6 | 1.7 |
no money | 24 | 6.7 |
Feeding type | ||
School feeding | 161 | 44.9 |
Non-school feeding | 198 | 55.2 |