Table 1 Selected socio-demographic characteristic of participants by school type in this study
Overall participants (N = 4388) | School type | χ2 valuea | P valuea | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Primary school (n = 1 602) | Junior high school (n = 1 455) | Senior high school (n = 1 331) | ||||
Age | ||||||
Mean (SDb) | 13.9 (2.5) | 11.2 (0.9) | 14.1 (0.9) | 16.9 (0.9) | – | – |
Gender (%) | ||||||
Boys | 50.2 | 53.9 | 50.9 | 45.1 | 23.14 | < 0.001 |
Girls | 49.8 | 46.1 | 49.1 | 54.9 | ||
Residence area (%) | ||||||
Rural | 46.3 | 44.5 | 46.5 | 48.1 | 6.1 | 0.192 |
Suburbal | 22.7 | 24.5 | 22.2 | 21.1 | ||
Urban | 31 | 31 | 31.3 | 30.8 | ||
The highest educational level of parents (%) | ||||||
0–9 schooling years completed | 28.8 | 25.8 | 35.4 | 25.2 | 149.51 | < 0.001 |
10–12 schooling years completed | 32.2 | 27 | 37.9 | 32.3 | ||
13 + schooling years completed | 39 | 47.2 | 26.7 | 42.4 | ||