Table 3.
Descriptive statistics of school characteristics (school performance and attendance), depression, violence experience or witnessing, disaggregated by disability status
| Pakistan |
Afghanistan |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| No disability (n = 1425) |
Disability (n = 91) |
No disability (n = 632) |
Disability (n = 138) |
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| Outcomes/factors | n or mean (%/sd) | n or mean (%/sd) | n or mean (%/sd) | n or mean (%/sd) |
| School factors | ||||
| School performance score | 9.5 (1.8) | 8.9 (1.7) | 4.9 (1.1) | 4.1 (1.4) |
| Mean days school absence in last month | 3.5 (3.5) | 4.0 (4.1) | 2.3 (2.2) | 2.6 (2.6) |
| Mental health | ||||
| Depression score | 9.7(5.7) | 13.0(7.4) | 12.9 (6.8) | 14.1 (5.8) |
| Experiencing/witnessing violence | ||||
| Peer violence perpetration score | 4.9(6.3) | 7.9(8.9) | 1.16 (2.7) | 1.26 (2.7) |
| Peer violence victimization score | 9.4(8.5) | 12.0(8.6) | 2.85 (4.6) | 5.01 (6.3) |
| Both peer violence victimization and perpetration. § | 698 (48) | 57 (62.6) | 312 (49.4) | 87 (63) |
| Experienced corporal punishment at school. § | 836 (58.7) | 58 (63.7) | 238 (37.7) | 65 (47.1) |
| Experienced physical punishment at home. § | 671 (47.1) | 41 (45.1) | 111(17.6) | 31 (22.5) |
| Witnessed father fight with other men. § | 298 (20.9) | 29 (31.9) | 62 (9.8) | 17 (12.3) |
| Witnessed mother being beaten by father. § | 101(7.1) | 11(12.1) | 19 (3) | 8 (5.8) |
| Witnessed mother being beaten by other family member. § | 58(4.1) | 4(4.4) | 12(1.9) | 5 (3.6) |
| Household food security score (high = more insecure) | 0.5(0.9) | 1.1(1.4) | 0.3(0.8) | 0.6(1.5) |
§Summary statistics represented by frequencies and percentages.