Table 2.
Characteristics of the adolescent participants in the qualitative study
| Young adolescent (10–12 years); N 16 | Older adolescent (15–17 years); N 25 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Background characteristics | n | % | n | % |
| Mother’s education (years) | ||||
| Mean | 8 | 9·2 | ||
| sd | 3·40 | 3·00 | ||
| Head of household’s occupation | ||||
| Paid employment | 1 | 6·25 | 8 | 32·00 |
| Self-employed | 9 | 56·25 | 12 | 48·00 |
| Not employed | 6 | 37·5 | 5 | 20·00 |
| Main source of drinking water | ||||
| Piped to the house | 14 | 87·50 | 25 | 100·00 |
| Hand pump | 1 | 6·25 | 0 | |
| Public tap | 1 | 6·25 | 0 | |
| Type of household toilet facility | ||||
| Own flush toilet | 0 | 3 | 12·00 | |
| Shared flush toilet | 0 | 1 | 4·00 | |
| Own pit toilet | 13 | 81·25 | 12 | 48·00 |
| Shared pit toilet | 3 | 18·75 | 8 | 32·00 |
| Public pit toilet | 0 | 1 | 4·00 | |
| Leisure time | Boys/girls | Boys/girls | ||
| Time per day spent watching entertainment programmes on television/a computer/phone (h) | ||||
| Mean | 0·6/4·7 | 4·5/3·3 | ||
| sd | 0·8/5·3 | 1·1/1·4 | ||
| Time per day spent playing computer games (h) | ||||
| Mean | 2·9/2·8 | 1·3/0.3 | ||
| sd | 4·9/4·8 | 1·9/1·0 | ||
| Time per day spent doing school work on a computer (h) | ||||
| Mean | 0/0 | 0·6/0·6 | ||
| sd | 0/0 | 1·9/1·0 | ||