Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of study participants by school location
| Characteristics | N (%) |
Urban |
Rural |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N (%) | ||||
| School location |
|
271 (100) |
134 (50) |
137 (50) |
0.065 |
| Home Location |
|
271 (100) |
117 (43.2) |
154 (56.8) |
<0.001 |
| Age at Menarche: Mean ± s.d (yrs) |
|
13.48 ± 1.48 |
13.36 ± 1.45 |
13.61 ± 1.27 |
0.139 |
| Lives with both parents |
No |
147 (54.2) |
73 (54.5) |
74 (54.0) |
<0.001 |
| |
Yes |
124 (47.8) |
61 (45.5) |
63 (46.0) |
|
| Has brothers |
No |
20 (7.4) |
11 (8.2) |
9 (6.6) |
0.388 |
| |
Yes |
251 (92.6) |
123 (91.8) |
128 (93.4) |
|
| Has Elder brother: |
No |
93 (37.1) |
45 (36.6) |
48 (37.5) |
0.492 |
| |
Yes |
158 (62.9) |
78 (63.4) |
80 (62.5) |
|
| Has sisters |
No |
21 (7.7) |
8 (6.0) |
13 (9.5) |
0.196 |
| |
Yes |
250 (92.3) |
126 (94.0) |
124 (90.5) |
|
| Has elder sisters |
No |
102 (48.1) |
45 (36.6) |
57 (46.3) |
0.183 |
| |
Yes |
114 (51.9) |
78 (63.4) |
66 (53.7) |
|
| Lived in IDP camps |
No |
120 (44.3) |
80 (59.7) |
40 (29.2) |
<0.001 |
| |
Yes |
151 (55.7) |
54 (40.3) |
97 (70.8) |
|
| Ever been abducted by LRA |
No |
242 (89.3) |
125 (93.3) |
117 (85.4) |
0.025 |
| |
Yes |
29 (10.7) |
9 (6.7) |
20 (14.6) |
|
| Lost Relative (s) during the war |
No |
62 (22.9) |
41 (30.6) |
21 (15.3) |
0.002 |
| |
Yes |
209 (77.1) |
93 (69.4) |
116 (84.7) |
|
| Nutritional status: |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Underweight |
16 (5.9) |
8 (6.1) |
8 (5.8) |
0.470 |
| |
Normal |
220 (81.2) |
106 (80.3) |
114 (82.0) |
|
| |
Overweight |
33 (12.2) |
18 (13.6) |
15 (10.8) |
|
| |
Obese |
2 (0.7) |
0 (0.00) |
2 (1.4) |
|
| Maternal education |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
No education |
33 (12.2) |
15 (11.2) |
18 (13.1) |
<0.001 |
| |
Primary |
143 (52.8) |
54 (40.3) |
89 (65.0) |
|
| |
secondary |
76 (28.0) |
49 (36.6) |
27 (19.7) |
|
| |
Teriary |
19 (7.0) |
16 (11.9) |
3 (2.2) |
|
| Maternal Occupation |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Peasant farmer |
195 (72.0) |
79 (59.0) |
116 (84.7) |
<0.001 |
| |
Employed |
35 (12.9) |
29 (21.6) |
6 (4.4) |
|
| |
Self Employed |
41 (15.1) |
26 (19.4) |
15 (10.9) |
|
| Paternal education |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
No education |
20 (7.4) |
14 (10.5) |
6 (4.4) |
<0.001 |
| |
Primary |
67 (24.7) |
16 (11.9) |
51 (37.2) |
|
| |
secondary |
124 (45.8) |
57 (42.5) |
67 (48.9) |
|
| |
Teriary |
60 (22.1) |
47 (35.1) |
13 (9.5) |
|
| Paternal Occupation |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Peasant farmer |
133 (49.1) |
52 (38.8) |
81 (59.1) |
0.004 |
| |
Employed |
92 (33.9) |
55 (41.0) |
37 (27.0) |
|
| Self Employed | 46 (16.9) | 27 (20.2) | 19 (13.9) |