Table 3.
School attendance rates throughout the trial
| Term 1 (n=136) | Term 2 (n=138) | Term 3 (n=132) | Term 4 (n=128) | ||
| Sequence 1 | Attendance rate (%) | 94.5±7.4 | 92.7±8.0 | 91.1±9.5 | 90.2±12.4 |
| Attendance rate ≥95% | 89 (65.4%) | 75 (54.3%) | 57 (43.2%) | 57 (44.5%) | |
| Term 1 (n=106) | Term 2 (n=103) | Term 3 (n=96) | Term 4 (n=96) | ||
| Sequence 2 | Attendance rate (%) | 95.1±5.8 | 94.4±6.7 | 91.8±10.1 | 91.4±14.5 |
| Attendance rate ≥95% | 69 (65.1%) | 66 (64.1%) | 47 (49.0%) | 56 (58.3%) | |
| Term 1 (n=65) | Term 2 (n=66) | Term 3 (n=62) | Term 4 (n=60) | ||
| Sequence 3 | Attendance rate (%) | 93.4±7.8 | 92.8±9.6 | 90.1±14.5 | 90.6±9.4 |
| Attendance rate ≥95% | 40 (61.5%) | 35 (53.0%) | 27 (43.5%) | 27 (45.0%) | |
| Term 1 (n=95) | Term 2 (n=78) | Term 3 (n=59) | Term 4 (n=58) | ||
| Sequence 4 | Attendance rate (%) | 95±5.5 | 93.3±7.8 | 91.2±8.1 | 91.7±8.6 |
| Attendance rate ≥95% | 59 (62.1%) | 43 (55.1%) | 25 (42.4%) | 27 (46.6%) |
Values represent mean ± SD or n (%).