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Table 2 AIDS knowledge by education type and sexual activity of respondent

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

   

Education type

 
   

ASO

KSO

TSO

BSO

Total

3rd grade

Not sexually active

M

15.3

15.3

13.5

11.3

14.4

  

SD

(3.9)

(4.1)

(4.8)

(5.4)

(4.5)

  

N

2474

91

866

466

3897

  

P

(90.7%)

(71.1%)

(72.7%)

(56.5%)

(80.0%)

 

Sexually active

M

15.8

15.3

14.4

12.6

14.1

3rd grade

 

SD

(3.9)

(4.6)

(4.5)

(5.4)

(4.9)

  

N

255

37

326

359

977

  

P

(9.3%)

(28.9%)

(27.3%)

(43.5%)

(20.0%)

 

Total

M

15.4

15.3

13.8

11.8

14.4

  

SD

(3.9)

(4.2)

(4.8)

(5.4)

(4.6)

  

N

2729

128

1192

825

4874

5th grade

Not sexually active

M

17.4

16.5

15.7

13.6

16.4

  

SD

(3.1)

(3.4)

(4.4)

(5.4)

(4.1)

  

N

1489

55

743

364

2651

  

P

(68.5%)

(37.7%)

(44.1%)

(32.5%)

(51.7%)

 

Sexually active

M

17.7

17.1

16.4

14.8

16.3

5th grade

 

SD

(3.1)

(3.3)

(4.0)

(5.1)

(4.3)

  

N

686

91

941

757

2475

  

P

(31.5%)

(62.3%)

(55.9%)

(67.5%)

(48.3%)

 

Total

M

17.5

16.9

16.1

14.4

16.4

  

SD

(3.1)

(3.3)

(4.2)

(5.2)

(4.2)

  

N

2175

146

1684

1121

5126

  1. M: mean; SD: standard deviation; N: cell size; P: proportion of grade
  2. Proportion of variance explained in AIDS knowledge: 3rd grade: 8.8%, p = 0.000; 5th grade: 8.9%, p = 0.000
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