Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of school children (n = 701) and associated adults who participated in the study (n = 23)
| School children (n = 701) | FGD participants (n = 23) | KIs (n = 7) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Freq (%) | Variable | Freq (%) | Variable | Freq (%) | ||
| Schools | Area | Area | |||||
| GMSS* | 160(22.8) | PMSS | 7 (30.4) | Phunstholing | 4(57.1) | ||
| PMSS | 304(43.4) | GaMSS | 8(34.8) | Samdrup Jongkhar | 3(42.9) | ||
| GaMSS | 237(33.8) | CVH & SL | 8(34.8) | Age | |||
| Age | Age | Male | 7(100.0) | ||||
| <15 Years | 463(66.1) | <34 years | 15(65.2) | Female | 0(0.0) | ||
| >15 years | 238(34.0) | >34 years | 8(34.8) | Sex | |||
| Sex | Sex | <46 Years | 3(42.9) | ||||
| Male | 295(42.1) | Male | 14(60.9) | >46 years | 4(57.1) | ||
| Female | 406(57.9) | Female | 9(39.1) | Education level | |||
| Grade | Education level | None | 3(42.9) | ||||
| Grade VIII | 154(22.0) | Secondary or less | 6(26.1) | Secondary or less | 1(14.3) | ||
| Grade IX | 291(41.5) | Certificate/Diploma | 6(26.1) | Degree | 1(14.3) | ||
| Grade X | 256(36.5) | Degree | 10(43.5) | Buddhist Philosophy | 2(28.6) | ||
| Master | 1(4.3) | Occupation | |||||
| Occupation | Local leader | 1(14.3) | |||||
| Teacher | 9(39.1) | Buddhist master | 1(14.3) | ||||
| Non-teaching staffs | 6(26.1) | Astrologer | 1(14.3) | ||||
| Livestock staffs | 4(17.4) | Business | 1(14.3) | ||||
| Regulatory staffs | 1(4.3) | Traditional healer | 1(14.3) | ||||
| Forestry staffs | 1(4.3) | Livestock | 1(14.3) | ||||
| Local leader | 1(4.3) | Farmer | 1(14.3) | ||||
| Care taker | 1(4.3) | ||||||