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Table 1 General characteristics of the students

From: A call for parental monitoring to improve condom use among secondary school students in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

 

Total (n = 2,217)

Male (n = 1,335)

Female (n = 882)

p-value

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

 

Age (yrs)

    

 < 20 years

1404 (63.3)

715 (53.6)

689 (78.1)

< 0.001

 ≥ 20 years

813 (36.7)

620 (46.4)

193 (21.9)

 

Secondary school class

    

 Ordinary-level

575 (25.9)

256 (19.2)

319 (36.2)

< 0.001

 Advanced-level

1642 (74.1)

1079 (80.8)

563 (63.8)

 

Religion

    

 Christian

1447 (65.3)

875 (65.5)

572 (64.9)

0.77

 Other

770 (34.7)

460 (34.5)

310 (35.1)

 

Family structure

    

 Both biological parents

1213 (54.8)

734 (55.0)

479 (54.4)

0.03

 One biological parent

367 (16.6)

200 (15.0)

167 (18.9)

 

 Other

635 (28.6)

400 (30.0)

235 (26.7)

 

Father's or guardian's job

    

 Employed

1992 (95.5)

1197 (94.8)

795 (96.5)

0.10

 Unemployed

94 (4.5)

65 (5.2)

29 (3.5)

 

Wealth Index

    

 Low

713 (32.2)

466 (34.9)

247 (28.0)

< 0.001

 Middle

760 (34.3)

459 (34.4)

301 (34.1)

 

 High

744 (33.6)

410 (30.7)

334 (37.9)

 

Ever had sexual intercourse

    

 Yes

891 (40.2)

709 (53.1)

182 (20.6)

< 0.001

 No

1326 (59.8)

626 (46.9)

700 (79.4)

 

Sexually active in the past one year

    

 Yes

665 (30.3)

518 (39.3)

147 (16.8)

< 0.001

 No

1529 (69.7)

800 (60.7)

729 (83.2)

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