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. 2023 Dec 11;3(12):e0000910. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000910

Table 1. Participant socio-demographic characteristics and SRH behaviors at baseline.

    Control [N = 1,200] Intervention [N = 1,172] Total [N = 2,372]
N (%)  N (%)  N (%) 
City  Ouagadougou  600 (50.0%)  572 (48.8%)  1,172 (49.4%) 
  Bobo-Dioulasso  600 (50.0%)  600 (51.2%)  1,200 (50.6%) 
School  Private  900 (75.0%)  872 (74.4%)  1,772 (74.7%) 
  Public  300 (25.0%)  300 (25.6%)  600 (25.3%) 
Grade 4ème  587 (48.9%)  505 (43.1%)  1,092 (46.0%) 
  3ème  613 (51.1%)  667 (56.9%)  1,280 (54.0%) 
Age 14  206 (17.2%)  247 (21.1%)  453 (19.1%) 
  15  279 (23.3%)  281 (24.0%)  560 (23.6%) 
  16  269 (22.4%)  275 (23.5%)  544 (22.9%) 
  17  232 (19.3%)  197 (16.8%)  429 (18.1%) 
  18  214 (17.8%)  172 (14.7%)  386 (16.3% 
Wealth  Lowest  267 (22.3%)  245 (20.9%)  512 (21.6%) 
  Middle-low  274 (22.8%)  236 (20.1%)  510 (21.5%) 
  Middle  226 (18.8%)  229 (19.5%)  455 (19.2%) 
  Middle-high  220 (18.3%)  231 (19.7%)  41 (19.0%) 
  Highest  213 (17.8%)  231 (19.7%)  444 (18.7%) 
Behaviors
% reporting they are currently sexually active  96 (8.0%)  97 (8.3%)  193 (8.1%) 
% reporting ever having had sex  165 (13.8%)   169 (14.4%)  334 (14.1%) 
% reporting they are currently using contraception  44 (3.4%)  46 (3.9%)  90 (3.8%) 

Standardized wealth quintiles were created using presence or absence of four household assets variables and validated using principal component analysis. As the allocation of schools between arms is carried out randomly, and girls in each schools were randomly selected, any differences that do occur are assumed to be by chance.