Table 1: Summary statistics of key socio demographic characteristics of the participants at baseline.
|
Demographics |
Intervention N (%) |
Control N (%) |
χ2 |
P-Valuea |
|
|
Age in years |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15-16 |
425(58.7) |
251(54.8) |
2.047 |
0.359 |
|
|
17-18 |
277(38.3) |
189(41.3) |
|
|
|
|
19+ |
22(3.0) |
18(3.9) |
|
|
|
Religion |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Christian |
669(92.4) |
411(89.7) |
2.528 |
0.112 |
|
|
Non-Christian |
55(7.6) |
47(10.3) |
|
|
|
Father Occupation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Employed |
162(22.4) |
92(20.1) |
4.850 |
0.303 |
|
|
Business |
239(33.0) |
137(29.9) |
|
|
|
|
Farmer |
204(28.2) |
148(32.3) |
|
|
|
|
Not Employed |
16(2.2) |
16(3.5) |
|
|
|
|
Not Applicable |
103(14.2) |
65(14.2) |
|
|
|
Mother Occupation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Employed |
86(11.9) |
50(10.9) |
1.256 |
0.869 |
|
|
Business |
294(40.6) |
199(43.4) |
|
|
|
|
Farmer |
249(34.4) |
154(33.6) |
|
|
|
|
Not Employed |
36(5.0) |
19(4.1) |
|
|
|
|
Not Applicable |
59(8.1) |
36(7.9) |
|
|
|
Class |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
S.1 |
75(10.4) |
57(12.4) |
6.494 |
0.090 |
|
|
S.2 |
221(30.5) |
160(34.9) |
|
|
|
|
S.3 |
423(58.4) |
235(51.3) |
|
|
|
|
S.5 |
5(0.7) |
6(1.3) |
|
|
|
School Type |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Day Only |
42(5.8) |
36(7.9) |
3.341 |
0.164 |
|
|
Boarding Only |
3(0.4) |
0(0.0) |
|
|
|
|
Day and Boarding |
679(93.8) |
422(92.1) |
|
|
|
Participant-Day Scholar Vs Boarding |
|
|
|
||
|
|
Day Scholar |
214(29.6) |
128(27.9) |
0.354 |
0.552 |
|
|
Boarding |
510(70.4) |
330(72.1) |
|
|
|
Parent Marital Status |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Married |
389(53.7) |
232(50.7) |
4.160 |
0.245 |
|
|
cohabiting |
106(14.6) |
87(19.0) |
|
|
|
|
Separated |
175(24.2) |
103 (22.5) |
|
|
|
|
widowed |
54(7.5) |
36(7.9) |
|
|
|
a Comparison between Intervention and comparison groups |
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**Significant at 5% level. Data source: Primary data, 2019.