Table 1.
Sociocultural, health knowledge and health behavior of children aged 9-10 years in Thailand (n=1650)
| Factors | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Region | |
| Central | 609 (36.91) |
| Northeast | 535 (32.42) |
| North | 301 (18.24) |
| South | 205 (12.42) |
| School size | |
| Small | 164 (9.94) |
| Medium | 376 (22.79) |
| Large | 1110 (67.27) |
| Socioeconomic | |
| Gender | |
| Male | 718 (43.52) |
| Female | 932 (56.48) |
| Age (years) | |
| 9 | 958 (58.06) |
| 10 | 692 (41.94) |
| Religion | |
| Buddhism | 1570 (95.15) |
| Islam | 51 (3.09) |
| Christianity | 25 (1.52) |
| Other | 4 (0.24) |
| Family size (persons) | |
| ≤3 | 232 (14.06) |
| 4-5 | 874 (52.97) |
| ≥6 | 544 (32.97) |
| Mean±SD | 5.17±1.96 |
| Marital status of parents | |
| Married | 1267 (76.79) |
| Separated | 257 (15.58) |
| Divorced | 93 (5.64) |
| Widowed | 33 (2.00) |
| Adequacy of per diem | |
| Enough with savings | 1412 (85.58) |
| Enough with no savings | 198 (12.00) |
| Not enough | 40 (2.42) |
| Media | |
| Media using | |
| YouTube | 757 (45.88) |
| 320 (19.39) | |
| Line | 215 (13.03) |
| 161 (9.76) | |
| 63 (3.82) | |
| 20 (1.21) | |
| None | 114 (6.91) |
| Chanel for receive health information | |
| Parents/family member | 1330 (80.61) |
| Teacher | 970 (58.79) |
| Administrator of school | 368 (22.30) |
| Medical/public health officer | 353 (21.39) |
| Television | 329 (19.94) |
| Internet | 214 (12.97) |
| Book | 200 (12.12) |
| Health status | |
| Poor | 14 (0.85) |
| Fair | 351 (21.27) |
| Good | 1285 (77.88) |
| Social environment | |
| Residence | |
| Urban | 651 (39.45) |
| Rural | 999 (60.55) |
| Residence near night bar, gambling centers | |
| No | 1442 (87.39) |
| Yes | 208 (12.61) |
| Slum | |
| No | 1443 (87.45) |
| Yes | 207 (12.55) |
| Family relationship | |
| Poor | 101 (6.12) |
| Fair | 797 (48.30) |
| Good | 752 (45.58) |
| Environment of school | |
| Poor | 61 (3.70) |
| Fair | 624 (37.82) |
| Good | 965 (58.48) |
| Relationship with teacher | |
| Poor | 250 (15.15) |
| Fair | 443 (26.85) |
| Good | 957 (58.00) |
| Relationship with friend | |
| Poor | 131 (7.94) |
| Fair | 597 (36.18) |
| Good | 922 (55.88) |
| Health knowledge | |
| Poor | 166 (10.06) |
| Fair | 432 (26.18) |
| Good | 1052 (63.76) |
| Health behaviors | |
| Poor | 363 (22.00) |
| Fair | 1012 (61.33) |
| Good | 275 (16.67) |
SD=Standard deviation