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Table 1 Characteristics of Respondents

From: Intra-grade variability in educational and psychosocial competencies of school going adolescent girls, in the coastal region of Kenya: implications for school based interventions

Variable

10–14 years

n (%)

15 and above

n (%)

Total

n (%)

Total

1971 (56.5)

1518 (43.5)

3489

Religion

 Christian

1675 (85.0)

1270 (83.7)

2945 (84.4)

 Islam

261 (13.2)

194 (12.8)

455 (13.0)

 No religion/ other

35 (1.8)

54 (3.6)

89 (2.6)

Parental Survival Status

 Only mother alive

233 (11.8)

222 (14.6)

455 (13.1)

 Only father alive

36 (1.8)

41 (2.7)

77 (2.2)

 Both parents alive

1631 (82.8)

1220 (80.4)

2851 (81.8)

 Parents not alive

28 (1.4)

22 (1.5)

50 (1.4)

 Don’t know if father alive

43 (2.2)

11 (0.7)

54 (1.6)

Who does participant live with

 Mother, not father

506 (25.7)

393 (25.9)

899 (25.8)

 Father, not mother

56 (2.8)

55 (3.6)

111 (3.2)

 Both mother and father

1109 (56.3)

860 (56.7)

1969 (56.4)

 Neither mother nor father

300 (15.2)

210 (13.8)

510 (14.6)

Household Socio-Economic Status (n(%))

 Quintile 1 (poorest households)

303 (15.4)

395 (26.0)

698 (20.0) a

 Quintile 2

343 (17.4)

355 (23.4)

698 (20.0)

 Quintile 3

370 (18.8)

327 (21.5)

697 (19.9)

 Quintile 4

430 (21.8)

268 (17.7)

698 (20.0)

 Quintile 5 (least poor households)

524 (26.6)

173 (11.4)

697 (20.0)

  1. ap < 0.001 (Chi squared test)