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. 2012 Dec 9;12:1061. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-1061

Table 1.

General characteristics of the students

 
Total (n = 2,217)
Male (n = 1,335)
Female (n = 882)
p-value
  n (%) n (%) n (%)  
Age (yrs)
 
 
 
 
 < 20 years
1404 (63.3)
715 (53.6)
689 (78.1)
< 0.001
 ≥ 20 years
813 (36.7)
620 (46.4)
193 (21.9)
 
Secondary school class
 
 
 
 
 Ordinary-level
575 (25.9)
256 (19.2)
319 (36.2)
< 0.001
 Advanced-level
1642 (74.1)
1079 (80.8)
563 (63.8)
 
Religion
 
 
 
 
 Christian
1447 (65.3)
875 (65.5)
572 (64.9)
0.77
 Other
770 (34.7)
460 (34.5)
310 (35.1)
 
Family structure
 
 
 
 
 Both biological parents
1213 (54.8)
734 (55.0)
479 (54.4)
0.03
 One biological parent
367 (16.6)
200 (15.0)
167 (18.9)
 
 Other
635 (28.6)
400 (30.0)
235 (26.7)
 
Father's or guardian's job
 
 
 
 
 Employed
1992 (95.5)
1197 (94.8)
795 (96.5)
0.10
 Unemployed
94 (4.5)
65 (5.2)
29 (3.5)
 
Wealth Index
 
 
 
 
 Low
713 (32.2)
466 (34.9)
247 (28.0)
< 0.001
 Middle
760 (34.3)
459 (34.4)
301 (34.1)
 
 High
744 (33.6)
410 (30.7)
334 (37.9)
 
Ever had sexual intercourse
 
 
 
 
 Yes
891 (40.2)
709 (53.1)
182 (20.6)
< 0.001
 No
1326 (59.8)
626 (46.9)
700 (79.4)
 
Sexually active in the past one year
 
 
 
 
 Yes
665 (30.3)
518 (39.3)
147 (16.8)
< 0.001
 No 1529 (69.7) 800 (60.7) 729 (83.2)