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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 9.
Published in final edited form as: East Afr Med J. 1997 May;74(5):294–298.

Table 1.

Characteristics of study sample

Age (y) % frequency
            < 7 1.3
            7.0 - 8.9 20.4
            9.0 - 10.9 44.1
            11.0 - 12.9 26.0
            > 13   8.2
Sex (% boys) 51.8
Sex ratio by age (% girls)
            < 7 50.0
            7 - 8 51.1
            9 - 10 51.2
          11 - 12 44.9
          13 - 14 36.8
           > 14 13.9
Children in rural schools          80.6 %