Table 1. Baseline characteristics of participants in a rural primary school in coastal Kenya, year 2017–18.
| Characteristic | Number of
Participants (%) # N= 469 |
Number of students
Sampled (%) # n=325 |
Number of
Samples (%) # n = 1726 ** |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age category (yrs.) | |||
| 2–5 | 22 (4.7) | 21 (6.5) | 127 (7.4) |
| 5–9 | 137 (29.2) | 95 (29.2) | 855 (49.5) |
| 10–14 | 224 (47.8) | 151 (46.5) | 538 (31.2) |
| 15 –20 | 86 (18.3) | 70 (21.5) | 206 (11.9) |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 216 (46.1) | 152 (46.8) | 834 (48.3) |
| Female | 253 (53.9) | 173 (53.2) | 892 (51.7) |
| Class Level | |||
| Lower Primary | 167 (35.6) | 113 (34.8) | 982 (56.8) |
| Upper Primary | 302 (64.4) | 212 (65.2) | 744 (43.1) |
| Grade | |||
| Daycare | 24 (5.1) | 23 (7.1) | 178 (10.3) |
| Kindergarten1 | 19 (4.1) | 16(4.9) | 178 (10.3) |
| Kindergarten 2 | 33 (7.0) | 28 (7.8) | 252 (14.6) |
| Kindergarten 3 | 19 (4.1) | 14 (4.3) | 233 (13.5) |
| Grade 1 | 72 (15.4) | 32 (9.8) | 141 (8.2) |
| Grade 2 | 47 (10.0) | 30 (9.2) | 88 (5.1) |
| Grade 3 | 53 (11.3) | 36 (11.1) | 107 (6.2) |
| Grade 4 | 40 (8.5) | 31 (9.5) | 127 (7.3) |
| Grade 5 | 43 (9.2) | 37 (11.4) | 128 (7.4) |
| Grade 6 | 34 (7.3) | 20 (6.1) | 110 (6.4) |
| Grade 7 | 47 (10.0) | 29 (8.9) | 106 (6.1) |
| Grade 8 | 38 (8.1) | 29 (8.9) | 78 (4.5) |
| School Term | |||
| 2017 Term 2 | 404 (85.7) | 266 (81.8) | 767 (44.4) |
| 2017 Term 3 | 372 (79.3) | 191 (58.7) | 417 (24.1) |
| 2018 Term 1 | 336 (71.6) | 176 (54.1) | 542 (31.4) |
| Symptoms | |||
| Cough | 365 (77.8) | 272 (83.7) | 1280 (74.1) |
| Runny Nose | 379 (80.8) | 305 (93.8) | 1511 (87.5) |
| Sore Throat | 175 (37.3) | 140 (43.1) | 350 (20.3) |
| Class Size * | |||
| <=45 Students | 62 (13.2) | 53 (16.3) | 589 (34.1) |
| > 45 Students | 407 (86.8) | 272 (83.7) | 1137 (65.8) |
# Shows percentage in category of characteristic
*class size 45= recommended class size
** Excludes 10 samples that were not analyzed