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Table 1 Background characteristics of the 10-19 year old participants in the analysis of acceptability of condom promotion and distribution in Mpwapwa and Mbeya rural districts of Tanzania, 2011 (N = 1, 327)

From: Acceptability of condom promotion and distribution among 10–19 year-old adolescents in Mpwapwa and Mbeya rural districts, Tanzania

Background characteristics

n

%

Sex

1, 322

100.0

 Male

668

50.5

 Female

654

49.5

Age (in years)

1,322

100.0

 10-14

1,061

80.0

 15-19

266

20.0

 Mean = 13.5, SD = 1.4

-

-

Religion

1, 319

100.0

 Christian

1,239

93.9

 Muslim

80

6.1

District of residence

1, 327

100.0

 Mbeya rural

605

45.6

 Mpwapwa

722

54.4

Living arrangement

1, 311

100.0

 Lives with parent(s)

1, 063

81.1

 Lives with guardian

248

18.9

  1. SD = Standard Deviation, n = Number of respondents. Due to missing responses, some variable categories do not add up to 1, 327.