Table 1.
Demographic features of sampled adolescents
|
Jamaica |
Bahamas |
St Kitts |
St Vincent |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male |
115 |
41.4 |
90 |
41.5 |
371 |
50.3 |
384 |
53.6 |
| Female |
145 |
52.5 |
114 |
52.5 |
352 |
47.8 |
382 |
46.4 |
| Missing |
18 |
6.5 |
13 |
6.0 |
14 |
1.9 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Maternal Education | ||||||||
| Secondary or less |
130 |
46.8 |
79 |
36.4 |
437 |
59.9 |
487 |
68.0 |
| Post-Secondary |
148 |
53.2 |
138 |
63.6 |
204 |
27.7 |
177 |
24.7 |
| Missing |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
96 |
13.0 |
52 |
7.3 |
| Age | ||||||||
| 13 |
0 |
0.0 |
44 |
20.3 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 14 |
40 |
14.4 |
89 |
41.0 |
72 |
9.8 |
66 |
9.2 |
| 15 |
179 |
64.4 |
64 |
29.5 |
309 |
41.9 |
342 |
47.8 |
| 16 |
59 |
21.2 |
20 |
9.2 |
279 |
37.9 |
191 |
26.7 |
| 17 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
77 |
10.4 |
88 |
12.3 |
| 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 29 | 4.1 |