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Table 2 Demographic characteristics in students with and without disabilities, full sample

From: Violence against primary school children with disabilities in Uganda: a cross-sectional study

Characteristic

No disability (n = 3435),%**

Disabled (n = 271),%**

pa

Male

47.5

51.3

 

Female

52.5

48.7

0.148

Age

   

 10 years or less

4.6

3.6

 

 11 to 14 years

81.7

82.3

 

 15 or more years

13.7

14.1

0.656

Meals

   

 1 meal

13.0

13.4

 

 2 meals

37.9

41.1

 

 3+ meals

49.1

45.6

0.494

Transport to school

   

 Other

3.8

8.7

 

 Walking alone

25.2

26.3

 

 Walking with others

62.7

48.9

 

 Board at school

8.2

16.1

0.001

Ever worked for money

33.7

30.7

0.457

Hours worked*

   

 Less than 1

40.4

45.6

 

 1-2 hours

43.7

39.0

 

 More than 2 hours

15.9

15.5

0.286

  1. *Paid or unpaid hours worked per day on average aChi-squared test or Chi-squared test for trend; **some percentages sum to more than 100% because of rounding error.