Table 6

Age and Sex Distribution (Actual & Weighted) of the children sample and the Jamaican Population

Sample

Jamaica population


Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

Total


Unwtd

Wtd

Uwtd

Wtd

Unwtd

Wtd


n (%)

%

n (%)

%

n (%)

%

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)


2-4

189 18.6)

18.6

181 (18.1)

18.4

370 (18.3)

18.5

83348 (18.6)

80342 (18.4)

163690 (18.5)

5-9

343 (33.7)

33.4

323 (32.4)

33.2

666 (33.0)

33.3

149653 (33.4)

145219 (33.2)

294872 (33.3)

10-14

317 (31.1)

31.1

322 (32.3)

31.2

639 (31.7)

31.2

139372 (31.1)

136507 (31.2)

275879 (31.2)

15-17

170 (16.7)

16.9

172 (17.2)

17.2

342 (16.9)

17.1

75878 (16.9)

75307 (17.2)

151185 (17.1)


Total

1019

998

2017

448251

437375

885626


Kahwa et al. BMC Medical Research Methodology 2010 10:29   doi:10.1186/1471-2288-10-29

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