Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the study population by children, teacher and school characteristics
Total | Grades 5–6 | Grades 7–8 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | Mean (SD) or % | N | Mean (SD) or % | N | Mean (SD) or % | |
Children characteristics (n = 392) | ||||||
Age (years) | 392 | 9.6 (1.3) | 224 | 8.7 (0.7) | 168 | 10.8 (0.7) |
Sex – girls | 179 | 45.7 | 107 | 47.8 | 72 | 42.9 |
Ethnicity – nativea | 247 | 63.0 | 145 | 64.7 | 102 | 60.7 |
Teacher characteristics (n = 20)b | ||||||
Sex – female | 18 | 90.0 | 11 | 84.6 | 6 | 75.0 |
Teaching experience (years)c | 18 | 17.1 (13.4) | 11 | 19.0 (14.6) | 8 | 14.4 (11.9) |
School characteristics (n = 392) | ||||||
Location | ||||||
- Village (<10,000 inhabitants) | 129 | 32.9 | 97 | 43.3 | 32 | 19.0 |
- Small city (10,000–100,000 inhabitants) | 211 | 53.8 | 111 | 49.6 | 100 | 59.5 |
- City (>100,000 inhabitants) | 52 | 13.3 | 16 | 7.1 | 36 | 21.4 |
School type | ||||||
- Public | 106 | 27.0 | 47 | 21.0 | 59 | 35.1 |
- Religious | 286 | 73.0 | 177 | 79.0 | 109 | 64.9 |
School size | ||||||
- Small (<150 students) | 145 | 37.0 | 71 | 31.7 | 74 | 44.0 |
- Medium (150–400 students) | 247 | 63.0 | 153 | 68.3 | 94 | 56.0 |