Table 1 Background characteristics of participating pupils in JHS
From: Ramadan fasting alters food patterns, dietary diversity and body weight among Ghanaian adolescents
Characteristic | Summary values (n = 366) |
|---|---|
Pupil characteristics | |
Sex, n (%) | |
 Female | 184 (50.3) |
Age in years, (mean ± SD) | 15.9 ± 1.8 |
Class of pupil, n (%) | |
 JHS 1 | 188 (51.4) |
 JHS 2 | 178 (48.6) |
Ethnicity, n (%) | |
 Dagomba | 319 (87.2) |
 Gonja | 26 (7.1) |
 Others | 21 (5.7) |
Nutritional status (BMI-for-age classification), n (%) | |
 Underweight | 23 (6.3) |
 Normal | 321 (87.7) |
 Overweight/obese | 22 (6.0) |
Live with parents, n (%) | |
 Yes | 286 (78.1) |
Pocket money to school | |
 Yes | 339 (92.6) |
Parent characteristics | |
Father’s educational level, n (%) | |
 None | 195 (53.3) |
 Primary/JHS | 98 (26.8) |
 SHS/Tertiary | 73 (19.9) |
Father’s occupation, n (%) | |
 Farmer | 120 (32.8) |
 Trader | 74 (20.2) |
 Civil servant | 33 (9.0) |
 Others | 139 (38.0) |
Wives of father, n (%) | |
 At least two wives | 210 (57.4) |
Mother’s educational level, n (%) | |
 None | 256 (69.9) |
 Primary/JHS | 83 (22.7) |
 SHS/Tertiary | 27 (7.4) |
Mother’s occupation, n (%) | |
 Farmer | 34 (9.3) |
 Trader | 262 (71.6) |
 Civil servant | 6 (1.6) |
 Others | 64 (17.5) |
Mother’s position, n (%) | |
 First wife | 277 (75.7) |
 Other | 89 (24.3) |
Household characteristics | |
Family type, n (%) | |
 Extended | 214 (58.5) |
 Nuclear | 152 (41.5) |
Family head, n (%) | |
 Father | 216 (59.0) |
 Grandfather | 61 (16.7) |
 Mother | 15 (4.1) |
 Grandmother | 24 (6.6) |
 Others | 50 (13.7) |
Household size, n (%) | |
 At least 10 members | 240 (65.6) |
Number of household members below 20 years, mean ± SD | 6.2 ± 4.1 |