Table 3 Baseline social and demographic characteristics for the intervention and control groups
Characteristics | Baseline | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Total n (%) | Intervention | control | |
Age (mean, SD) | 12.1 (1.13) | 12.2 (1.03) | 12.1 (1.20) |
Gender | |||
Male | 357 (41.3) | 147 (38.7) | 210 (43.4) |
Female | 507 (58.7) | 233 (61.3) | 274 (56.6) |
Socio-economic levela | |||
Low | 272 (31.8) | 116 (30.8) | 156 (32.6) |
Medium | 394 (46.0) | 194 (51.4) | 200 (41.8) |
High | 190 (22.2) | 67 (17.8) | 123 (25.6)* |
Parent alive/not | |||
One/both dead | 147 (17.0) | 72 (19.0) | 75 (15.5) |
Both alive | 717 (83.0) | 308 (81.0) | 409 (84.5) |
Education level | |||
Primary 5 | 438 (50.7) | 198 (52.1) | 240 (49.6) |
Primary 6 | 426 (49.3) | 182 (47.9) | 244 (50.4) |
School location | |||
Rural | 719 (83.2) | 337 (88.7) | 382 (78.9)** |
Urban | 145 (16.8) | 43 (11.3) | 102 (21.1) |