Table 1.
Characteristics of the survey participants
| Characteristics | Number (unweighted proportion %) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 2006 | 2009 | 2012 | 2015 | 2018 | |
| Sex | ||||||
| Boys | 3390 (50.4) | 577 (49.2) | 666 (48.5) | 645 (48.4) | 753 (55.6) | 749 (50.2) |
| Girls | 3333 (49.6) | 596 (50.8 | 708 (51.5) | 687 (51.6) | 600 (44.4) | 742 (49.8) |
| Age | ||||||
| 11 | 4843 (72.0) | 827 (70.3) | 1003 (73.0) | 963 (72.1) | 980 (72.4) | 1070 (71.8) |
| 12 | 1794 (26.6) | 327 (27.8) | 355 (25.8) | 355 (26.6) | 351 (25.9) | 406 (27.2) |
| 10 or 13 | 92 (1.4) | 22 (1.9) | 16 (1.2) | 17 (1.3) | 22 (1.7) | 15 (1.0) |
| Indigenous Status | ||||||
| Indigenous | 250 (3.7) | 43 (3.7) | 56 (4.1) | 38 (2.9) | 53 (3.9) | 60 (4.0) |
| Non-Indigenous | 6479 (96.3) | 1133 (96.3) | 1318 (95.9) | 1297 (97.1) | 1300 (96.1) | 1431 (96.0) |
| School Sector | ||||||
| Government | 3905 (58.0) | 764 (65.0) | 904 (65.8) | 769 (57.6) | 759 (56.1) | 709 (47.6) |
| Non-government | 2823 (42.0) | 411 (35.0) | 470 (34.2) | 566 (42.4) | 594 (43.9) | 782 (52.4) |