TABLE 1.
The distribution of demographic characteristics of participants per city (Bamenda, Douala, Yaoundé).
| Characteristics | Total |
Bamenda (n = 125) |
Douala (n = 137) |
Yaoundé (n = 137) |
Chi2, df |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No (%) | No | % | No | % | No | % | p | |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Male | 320(80.2) | 108 | 86.4 | 101 | 73.7 | 111 | 81.0 | 6.704, 2 |
| Female | 79(19.8) | 17 | 13.6 | 36 | 26.3 | 26 | 18.9 | 0.035* |
| Age (years) | ||||||||
| 12–14 | 89(22.3) | 29 | 23.2 | 31 | 22.6 | 29 | 21.1 | 0.1682, 2 |
| 15–17 | 310(77.7) | 96 | 76.8 | 106 | 77.4 | 108 | 78.8 | 0.919 |
| Religion | ||||||||
| Christianity | 331(82.9) | 99 | 79.2 | 121 | 88.3 | 111 | 81.0 | 12.21, 4 |
| Islam | 36(9.0) | 9 | 7.2 | 13 | 9.5 | 14 | 10.2 | 0.016* |
| Traditional/none | 32(8.0) | 17 | 13.6 | 3 | 2.2 | 12 | 8.8 | - |
| Educational level | ||||||||
| No formal education | 85(21.3) | 40 | 32.0 | 18 | 13.1 | 27 | 19.7 | 18.71, 4 |
| Primary | 309(77.4) | 84 | 67.2 | 115 | 83.9 | 110 | 80.3 | 0.001* |
| Secondary | 5(1.3) | 1 | 0.8 | 4 | 2.9 | 0 | 0.0 | - |
| Reason for school dropout | ||||||||
| No money | 212(53.1) | 40 | 32.0 | 113 | 82.5 | 59 | 43.1 | 82.06, 4 |
| Did not like school | 128(32.1) | 56 | 44.8 | 11 | 8.0 | 61 | 44.5 | < 0.0001* |
| Bullied in school/teachers not nice | 59(14.8) | 29 | 23.2 | 13 | 9.5 | 17 | 12.4 | - |
Source: Cumber & Tsoka-Gwegweni 2015
*
p-value is less than 0.05, meaning that the comparison/difference is statistically significant.