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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the participants by gender

From: Sexual health of very young adolescents in South Western Uganda: a cross-sectional assessment of sexual knowledge and behavior

 

Overall, n (%)

Male n (%)

Female n (%)

p-value

Gender

 Boys

460 (42.0)

   

 Girls

636 (58.0)

   

Age in years, median (IQR)

12 (11,13)

   

Pubertal age (Tanner 1–5)

 Tanner 1

130 (11.9)

49 (10.6)

81 (12.7)

1

 Tanner 2

379 (34.6)

168 (36.5)

211 (33.2)

 

 Tanner 3

487 (44.4)

216 (47.1)

271 (42.6)

 

 Tanner 4 or 5

100 (9.1)

27 (5.8)

73 (11.5)

0.007

Ever experienced menstruation (female only)

155 (25.9)

–

155 (25.9)

NA

Ever experience wet dreams (male only)

101 (22.5)

101 (22.5)

–

NA

Education level

  = Primary 5 only

563 (51.4)

240 (52.2)

323 (50.8)

 

  = Primary 6 only

533 (48.6)

220 (47.8)

313 (49.2)

0.650

Socio economic statusa

 Low

315 (29.0)

128 (28.2)

187 (29.6)

 

 Medium

511 (47.1)

215 (47.4)

296 (46.8)

 

 High

260 (23.9)

111 (24.4)

149 (23.6)

0.871

Religion

 Catholic

405 (37.1)

165 (36.0)

240 (37.8)

 

 Anglican

507 (46.4)

215 (46.9)

292 (46.0)

 

 Moslem

101 (9.2)

48 (10.5)

53 (8.4)

 

 Other

80 (7.3)

30 (6.6)

50 (7.8)

0.527

Location of school

 Rural

896 (81.8)

368 (80)

529 (83.2)

 

 Urban

199 (18.2)

92 (20)

107 (16.8)

0.178

Number of parents alive

 Both alive

905 (82.6)

378 (82.2)

527 (82.9)

 

 None/Single parent

124 (17.4)

82 (17.8)

109 (17.1)

0.767

  1. aSocial economic status assessed as a sum of the score for best water source, housing possessions and pupil possessions such as shoes or school uniform pairs with a possible score range of 1–25, median of 8.1. Was categorized as Low if scores were 1–5, medium for scores 6–10 and high if scores 11 till maximum score