Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of the study population by gender

Variable		All n = 302	Boys n = 144	Girls n = 158	P value
Age		10.4 ± 1.2	10.3 ± 1.1	10.5 ± 1.2	0.11
Age Groups	n (%)				0.05
	8–10	158 (52.3)	84 (53.2)	74 (46.8)
	11–13	144 (47.7)	60 (41.7)	84 (58.3)
Number of Children in Household		3.8 ± 1.9	3.6 ± 1.7	3.9 ± 2.0	0.23
Number of Adults in Household		3.1 ± 1.8	3.2 ± 1.8	3.0 ± 1.8	0.45
Grade	n(%)				0.83
	1 – 3	108 (35.8)	55 (38.2)	53 (33.5)
	4 – 6	194 (64.2)	89 (61.8)	105 (66.5)
Location	n(%)				0.51
	Urban	219 (72.5)	104 (72.2)	115 (72.8)
	Rural	83 (27.5)	40 (27.8)	43 (27.2)
		n(%)
Father’s Occupation
Professional		54 (17.9)
Skilled		147 (48.7)
Unskilled		70 (23.2)
Dead/Sick/Traveled/No Response		31 (10.3)
Mother’s Occupation
Professional		27 (8.9)
Skilled		20 (6.6)
Unskilled		253 (83.8)
Dead/Sick/Traveled/No Response		2 (0.7)