Table 1.
Socio-economic characteristics of total number of participants (n = 1146) and the participants of the sub-sample (n = 372).
| Total sample | Sub-sample | |
| N = 1146 % (n) | N = 372 % (n) | |
| Place of school | ||
| Kampala (urban) | 51 (591) | 48 (180) |
| Lira (rural) | 49 (555) | 52 (192) |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 60 (667) | 53 (202) |
| Female | 40 (450) | 47 (181) |
| Age | ||
| 13–15 | 45 (515) | 34 (131) |
| 16–19 | 55 (631) | 66 (253) |
| Dental attendance | ||
| No | 56 (630) | 56 (206) |
| Yes | 44 (496) | 44 (159) |
| Parental education | ||
| Low | 28 (321) | 28 (105) |
| Medium | 31 (352) | 37 (135) |
| High | 41 (454) | 35 (130) |
| Religious affiliation | ||
| Catholic | 33 (376) | 32 (119) |
| Protestant | 44 (504) | 47 (174) |
| Muslims/others | 23 (256) | 21 (77) |
The total number in the different categories do not add up to 1146 and 372 due to missing values