Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of the participated children and their parents.
| Characteristics | Children (n) | % | Mean (sd) |
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| Total sample | 460 | 100 | |
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| Gender | |||
| Girl | 215 | 46.7 | |
| Boy | 245 | 53.3 | |
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| Age group (years) | — | — | 9.5 (1.55) |
| 7–8 | 133 | 28.9 | 7.6 (0.5) |
| 9–10 | 179 | 38.9 | 9.4 (0.49) |
| 11–12 | 148 | 32.2 | 11.3 (0.48) |
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| Residence area | |||
| Rural | 154 | 33.5 | |
| Urban | 306 | 66.5 | |
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| Father's occupation | |||
| Employee | 189 | 41.1 | |
| Not employee | 270 | 53.7 | |
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| Mother's occupation | |||
| Housewife | 398 | 86.5 | |
| Not housewife | 62 | 13.5 | |
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| Father's educational level | |||
| Under high school | 82 | 17.8 | |
| Complete high school | 140 | 30.4 | |
| University | 197 | 42.8 | |
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| Mother's education level | |||
| Under high school | 134 | 29.1 | |
| Complete high school | 194 | 42.2 | |
| University | 90 | 19.6 | |