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Table 2 The characteristics of the intervention and control schools

From: Addressing medical absenteeism in pre-vocational secondary students: effectiveness of a public health intervention, using a quasi-experimental design

School

School characteristics

Urbanisationa

Fields of education

Size of the schoolb

Intervention schools

School 1

predominantly rural region

General lower secondary education Social care

medium-sized

School 2

predominantly urban region

General lower secondary education Economics

Technology

medium-sized

School 3

predominantly urban region

Economics

Social care

Technology

medium-sized

School 4

predominantly urban region

General lower secondary education Economics

Technology

large

School 5

urban region

General lower secondary education Agriculture

medium-sized

School 6

urban region

General lower secondary education

medium-sized

School 7

urban region

General lower secondary education Economics

large

Control schools

School 8

urban region

General lower secondary education Sports

medium-sized

School 9

predominantly urban region

General lower secondary education Economics

Technology

large

School 10

predominantly rural region

General lower secondary education Social care

Technology

medium-sized

School 11

predominantly rural region

General lower secondary education Agriculture

large

School 12

predominantly urban region

General lower secondary education Agriculture

medium-sized

School 13

predominantly urban region

General lower secondary education Economics

Social care

Technology

small

School 14

rural region

Economics

Social care

Technology

medium-sized

  1. aUrbanisation: rural (<200 inhabitants per square kilometre), predominantly rural region (200–500 inhabitants per square kilometre), predominantly urban region (500–1000 inhabitants per square kilometre) and urban (>1000 inhabitants per square kilometre)
  2. bSize of the school: small (<250 students), medium-sized (250–750 students) and large (>750 students)