Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants.
| Demographic Characteristics | Category | Frequency (n = 421) |
Proportion (%) | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | 232 | 55.1 | 50.21–59.91 |
| Female | 189 | 44.9 | 40.09–49.79 | |
| Age (years) | ≤10 | 32 | 7.6 | 5.34–10.67 |
| 11–15 | 359 | 85.3 | 81.44–88.45 | |
| ≥16 | 30 | 7.1 | 4.94–10.13 | |
| School Grade | 1–4 | 42 | 10.0 | 7.36–13.34 |
| 5–7 | 379 | 90.0 | 86.66–92.64 | |
| School | Nabutezi | 47 | 11.2 | 8.93–14.66 |
| Chininde | 46 | 10.9 | 8.18–14.40 | |
| Mpango | 44 | 10.5 | 7.77–13.87 | |
| Siamatika | 42 | 10.0 | 7.36–13.34 | |
| Butete | 41 | 9.7 | 7.16–13.08 | |
| Ng’ombe | 201 | 47.7 | 42.90–52.63 |
n = number of respondents; % = Percentage; CI = Confidence interval.