Table 2. Percentages of students who felt happy/unhappy at school, based on sex and grade in school.
| Feeling happy/unhappy at school | |||||||
| Happy at school | Neither/nor | Unhappy at school | |||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| Boys b | Grade 7 a | 4,298 | 68.5 | 1,620 | 25.8 | 361 | 5.7 |
| Grade 8 a | 4,079 | 64.8 | 1,748 | 27.8 | 472 | 7.5 | |
| Grade 9 a | 4,155 | 68.2 | 1,511 | 24.8 | 430 | 7.1 | |
| Grade 10 a | 6,139 | 59.8 | 3,184 | 31.0 | 950 | 9.2 | |
| Grade 11 a | 5,842 | 59.9 | 3,021 | 31.0 | 889 | 9.1 | |
| Grade 12 a | 5,412 | 61.0 | 2,581 | 29.1 | 880 | 9.9 | |
| Girls b | Grade 7 a | 4,512 | 69.1 | 1,680 | 25.7 | 338 | 5.2 |
| Grade 8 a | 4,154 | 65.3 | 1,738 | 27.3 | 469 | 7.4 | |
| Grade 9 a | 4,214 | 67.8 | 1,571 | 25.3 | 429 | 6.9 | |
| Grade 10 a | 6,941 | 64.1 | 2,999 | 27.7 | 881 | 8.1 | |
| Grade 11 a | 6,380 | 63.1 | 2,907 | 28.8 | 819 | 8.1 | |
| Grade 12 a | 6,126 | 66.0 | 2,431 | 26.2 | 729 | 7.9 | |
Subjects for whom data were missing were excluded from the analysis.
a
P value was calculated by χ2-test, 3 (Feeling happy/unhappy at school; happy at school, Neither nor, unhappy at school) ×6(Grade; Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade9, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12), P<0.01.
b
P value was calculated by χ2-test, 3 (Feeling happy/unhappy at school; happy at school, Neither nor, unhappy at school) ×2(Sex; Boys, Girls), P<0.01.