Table 6.

Analysis of attrition; bivariate comparison of 2005 background characteristics between respondents who were interviewed in 2005 and 2007 with those who were lost to follow-up

2005 Characteristics	2005–2007	2005 only (attrition)
Female (%)	58.8	48.7**
Age	21.9	21.5**
Migrated Prior to 2005 (%)	30.9	21.9**
Level of Education (%)
No education/primary/religious school	38.0	40.7*
Secondary	52.4	48.3**
University/postsecondary	9.6	11.0
Assets Index	0.013	–0.011
Marital Status (%)
Never-married	47.3	51.4**
Married	50.5	45.3**
Divorced/separated	2.2	3.3**
Lives With at Least One Parent (%)	53.3	49.6**
Mental Health	51.9	52.0
Physical Health	49.6	49.5
Drinks Alcohol (%)	31.0	39.1**
N	4,227	2,740

^*p ≤ .05;

^**p ≤ .01