Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of 215 out-of-school adolescents surveyed

Variable	n	%
Age
10-14 years	25	11.6
15-19 years	190	88.4
Employment status
Hawking	29	13.5
Apprenticeship	17	7.9
Driving	12	5.6
Car washing	11	5.1
Artisan	8	3.7
*Unstable employment/unemployed	138	64.2
Sex
Male	114	53.0
Female	101	47.0
Marital status
Single	201	93.5
Married	7	3.3
Cohabiting	7	3.3

*These had no particular stable employment/are employed for a day or two in a week/are unemployed