Table 1 |
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Socio-demographic and truancy characteristics of pupils in grades 7-10 in Zambia, 2004 |
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Total |
Male |
Female |
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Factor |
n* (%)** |
n* (%)** |
n* (%)** |
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Age |
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< 14 |
463 (27.5) |
156 (21.5) |
263 (30.9) |
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14 |
386 (19.1) |
156 (17.4) |
219 (21.6) |
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15 |
513 (22.8) |
260 (24.5) |
238 (21.6) |
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16 + |
708 (30.6) |
394 (36.5) |
306 (25.9) |
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Sex |
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Male |
994 (53.9) |
- |
- |
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Female |
1039 (46.1) |
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Grade |
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7 |
840 (56.5) |
344 (55.1) |
463 (57.3) |
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8 |
552 (20.7) |
291 (21.0) |
241 (20.4) |
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9 or 10 |
670 (22.8) |
343 (23.9) |
317 (22.3) |
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Hungry |
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Yes |
1691 (82.5) |
787 (82.3) |
834 (83.4) |
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No |
366 (17.5) |
173 (17.7) |
170 (16.6) |
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Peers kind and helpful |
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Yes |
1292 (74.4) |
592 (73.2) |
636 (75.9) |
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No |
452 (25.6) |
222 (26.8) |
210 (24.1) |
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Parents checked homework |
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Yes |
1339 (74.5) |
602 (73.1) |
679 (77.0) |
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No |
448 (25.5) |
224 (26.9) |
197 (23.0) |
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Parental supervision |
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Yes |
1369 (77.4) |
634 (78.1) |
673 (77.2) |
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No |
377 (22.6) |
169 (21.9) |
189 (22.9) |
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Bullied |
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Yes |
949 (62.8) |
431 (60.0) |
466 (65.0) |
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No |
610 (37.2) |
314 (40.0) |
274 (35.0) |
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Current alcohol drinking |
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Yes |
528 (42.2) |
217 (38.5) |
283 (45.1) |
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No |
805 (57.8) |
388 (61.5) |
388 (54.9) |
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Missed classes or school |
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Yes |
1010 (58.8) |
365 (58.1) |
381 (58.4) |
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No |
772 (41.2) |
463 (41.9) |
493 (41.6) |
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Frequencies not adding up because of missing information * unweighted frequencies ** weighted percents |
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Muula et al. BMC Research Notes 2012 5:48 doi:10.1186/1756-0500-5-48 |
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