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. 2014 Jan 29;9(1):e87183. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087183

Table 1. Participant characteristics.

Total Urban Rural P-value
Adolescents (n = 80)
Gender (% male) 47.9 46.1 50.0 0.63
Age (mean (SD) yrs) 13.7 (1.2)* 13.7 (1.3)* 13.8 (1.1)* 0.67
School (% public) 62.5 31.2 68.8 <0.01
Socio-economic level based on schools
Low (%) 67.5 35 100 <0.01
Medium (%) 17.5 35 0 <0.01
High (%) 15 30 0 <0.01
Parents (n = 32)
Gender (% male) 25 11 43 0.04
Age (mean (SD) yrs) 41.2 (10.7) 38.5 (6.5) 44.6 (14.1) 0.16
No. of children (mean (SD)) 2.9 (1.4) 2.7 (0.9) 3.1 (1.8) 0.39
Education
Illiterate (%) 6.5 5.5 5.6 0.001
Primary (%) 45.2 84.6 16.6 0.001
Secondary (%) 32.3 0 55.6 0.001
University (%) 16.1 7.7 22.2 0.001
School staff (n = 32)
Gender (% male) 58.1 41.2 78.5 0.04
Age (mean (SD) yrs) 36.7 (11.0) 39.6 (12.6) 33.1 (7.4) 0.09
Experience (mean (SD) yrs) 7.0 (8.7) 9.6 (11.6) 4.6 (4.0) 0.15

*Date of birth was missing for 5 adolescents.

P-values for urban-rural differences (two sample t-test, Chi square or Fisher Exact test).