| Group A (N=179) | Group B (N= 158) | Group C (N=191) | Total (N=528) | p-value | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) |  |
Gender |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.330Ω |
Boys | 80 | 44.7 | 73 | 46.2 | 95 | 49.7 | 248 | 47.0 | Â |
Girls | 99 | 55.3 | 85 | 53.8 | 96 | 50.3 | 280 | 53.0 | Â |
Age |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.250Ω |
10 | 83 | 46.4 | 78 | 49.4 | 100 | 52.4 | 261 | 49.4 | Â |
11 | 96 | 53.4 | 80 | 50.6 | 91 | 47.6 | 267 | 50.6 | Â |
Grade |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.099Ψ |
3rd | 61 | 34.1 | 40 | 25.3 | 52 | 27.2 | 153 | 29.0 | Â |
4th | 67 | 37.4 | 81 | 51.3 | 93 | 48.7 | 241 | 45.6 | Â |
5th | 51 | 28.5 | 37 | 23.4 | 46 | 24.1 | 134 | 25.4 | Â |
Live with Both Parents |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.551Ω |
No | 60 | 34.9 | 53 | 33.5 | 60 | 31.9 | 173 | 33.4 | Â |
Yes | 112 | 65.1 | 105 | 66.5 | 128 | 68.1 | 345 | 66.6 | Â |
Total | 179 | 33.9 | 158 | 29.9 | 191 | 36.2 | 528 | 100.0 | Â |
 | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | p-value | ||||
Household profile | |||||||||
Household Size | 5.6 (2.8) | 5.8 (2.5) | 5.8 (2.4) | 5.7 (2.6) | 0.800Ï‚ | ||||
Tanzanian Poverty Score (0-72)1 | 62.3 (11.6) | 61.0 (11.8) | 60.8 (11.5) | 61.4 (11.6) | 0.123Ï‚ | ||||
Health | |||||||||
General Health Scale (1-4) | 2.02 (0.99) | 1.92 (0.99) | 1.88 (0.96) | 1.94 (0.98) | 0.251Ï‚ | ||||
Pubertal Development Scale Girls (0-3)2 | 0.75 (0.85) | 0.84 (0.90) | 0.88 (0.80) | 0.82 (0.85) | 0.200Ï‚ | ||||
Pubertal Development Scale Boys (0-3)2 | 0.85 (0.92) | 0.63 (0.79) | 0.74 (0.76) | 0.74 (0.82) | 0.048Ï‚ |