Table 5. GEE analyses; effect of intervention on hope among adolescents^¶.

Variable	N = 2199c
	β	(95% CI)	p-value
Intervention*Timea	-0.23	(-1.07, 0.61)	0.588
Time
Baselineb
Month 6	0.41	(-0.67, 0.99)	0.163
School
Controlb
Intervention	-3.36	(-11.2, 4.52)	0.404

^aIntervention*time represents the status of the intervention group in comparison with the control group at six-month follow-up,

^bReference group,

^cSum of observations of baseline and follow-up data

^¶ Gender, age, family size, and cluster effects were controlled for all the 15 schools