Table 2.
socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants by school
| Overall findings | Total N* | LBA (n=133) | LBE (n=240) | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age in years: mean (SD) | 16.0 (1.6) | 363 | 15.0 (1.9) | 16.6 (1.1) | <0.001 |
| Gender: n (%) | 316 | 1.000 | |||
| Female | 180 (57.0%) | 71 (57.3%) | 109 (56.8%) | ||
| Male | 136 (43.0%) | 53 (42.7%) | 83 (43.2%) | ||
| School level: n (%) | 373 | <0.001 | |||
| Form 3 | 39 (10.5%) | 39 (29.3%) | 0 (0%) | ||
| Form 4 | 53 (14.2%) | 53 (39.8%) | 0 (0%) | ||
| Lower sixth | 281 (75.3%) | 41 (30.8%) | 240 (100%) | ||
| Religion: n (%) | 342 | 0.340 | |||
| Islam | 17 (5.0%) | 9 (7.4%) | 8 (3.6%) | ||
| Christianity | 321 (93.9%) | 112 (91.8%) | 209 (95.0%) | ||
| Other | 4 (1.2%) | 1 (0.8%) | 3 (1.4%) | ||
| School performance (on 20) during the first term of the academic year: mean (SD) | 11.0 (2.6) | 213 | 12.5 (2.5) | 10.1 (2.2) | <0.001 |
*
N: total number of students with valid data for that variable, excluding participants with missing data; LBA: Lycée Bilingue d’Application; LBE: Lycée Bilingue d’Etoug-Ebe; SD: standard deviation