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Table 1 Outcome and control variables by type of education

From: AIDS knowledge and sexual activity among Flemish secondary school students: a multilevel analysis of the effects of type of education

 

Type of education

  

(s)

ASO

KSO

TSO

BSO

Total

Explained variance

Sexually active

0.19

0.47

0.45

0.57

0.35

10.9%***

 

(0.40)

(0.50)

(0.50)

(0.49)

(0.48)

 

HIV/AIDS knowledge

     

   Myths

5.48

5.38

5.02

4.32

5.11

4.8%***

 

(1.75)

(1.70)

(2.03)

(2.34)

(2.01)

 

   Transmission

5.33

5.30

5.09

4.61

5.12

3.7%***

 

(1.11)

(1.19)

(1.46)

(1.86)

(1.42)

 

   Risk behaviors

3.80

3.75

3.57

3.05

3.58

3.9%***

 

(1.22)

(1.33)

(1.46)

(1.73)

(1.44)

 

   Blood transfusions

0.69

0.64

0.54

0.39

0.58

2.4%***

 

(0.77)

(0.76)

(0.72)

(0.65)

(0.74)

 

   Severity

0.99

1.08

0.93

0.91

0.96

0.3%***

 

(0.74)

(0.72)

(0.75)

(0.78)

(0.75)

 

   Total

16.29

16.17

15.12

13.26

15.34

6.4%***

 

(3.75)

(3.90)

(4.63)

(5.47)

(4.55)

 

Study motivation

17.96

18.69

17.48

18.13

17.88

0.4%***

 

(3.97)

(4.25)

(4.29)

(4.86)

(4.28)

 

Categorical variables

     

p(χ 2)

SES

     

***

   Lower

10.3%

12.1%

23.3%

49.6%

21.9%

 

   Middle

43.5%

49.8%

56.0%

42.0%

47.0%

 

   Higher

46.2%

38.1%

20.8%

8.3%

31.1%

 

Gender

     

***

   Male

46.2%

38.9%

54.6%

46.7%

48.5%

 

   Female

53.8%

61.1%

45.4%

53.3%

51.5%

 

Minority status

     

***

   Majority

94.5%

96.0%

90.1%

74.5%

88.8%

 

   Minority

5.5%

4.0%

9.9%

25.5%

11.2%

 
  1. Significance: * p < 0.050; ** p < 0.010; *** p < 0.001