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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 2.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Health Behav. 2008 May–Jun;32(3):283–294. doi: 10.5555/ajhb.2008.32.3.283

Table 1.

Demographics of Sample at Baseline (n = 11,642)a

Frequency Percent
City/Centre
Delhi n = 5889 50.6%
Chennai n = 5753 49.4%
School Type
Private n = 4489 38.6%
Government n = 7153 61.4%
Class/Grade
Class 6 n = 6165 52.9%
Class 8 n = 5477 47.1%
Gender
Male n = 6386 54.9%
Female n = 5256 45.2%
Age (completed)b
<=10 years n = 1598 13.8%
11 years n = 3035 26.2%
12 years n = 2792 24.1%
13 years n = 2580 22.3%
14 years n = 1075 9.3%
15 years n = 345 3.0%
>= 16 years n = 161 1.4%
a

This is the sample for analysis, which includes all students who completed a survey at baseline (n = 11748) minus those who responded inconsistently to more than 3 questions on the survey (n = 106)

b

Some students did not report their age (n=56)