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Table 1 Socio-demographic and truancy characteristics of pupils in grades 7-10 in Zambia, 2004

From: Prevalence and correlates for school truancy among pupils in grades 7-10: results from the 2004 Zambia Global School-based Health Survey

 

Total

Male

Female

Factor

n* (%)**

n* (%)**

n* (%)**

Age

   < 14

463 (27.5)

156 (21.5)

263 (30.9)

   14

386 (19.1)

156 (17.4)

219 (21.6)

   15

513 (22.8)

260 (24.5)

238 (21.6)

   16 +

708 (30.6)

394 (36.5)

306 (25.9)

Sex

   Male

994 (53.9)

-

-

   Female

1039 (46.1)

  

Grade

   7

840 (56.5)

344 (55.1)

463 (57.3)

   8

552 (20.7)

291 (21.0)

241 (20.4)

   9 or 10

670 (22.8)

343 (23.9)

317 (22.3)

Hungry

   Yes

1691 (82.5)

787 (82.3)

834 (83.4)

   No

366 (17.5)

173 (17.7)

170 (16.6)

Peers kind and helpful

   Yes

1292 (74.4)

592 (73.2)

636 (75.9)

   No

452 (25.6)

222 (26.8)

210 (24.1)

Parents checked homework

   Yes

1339 (74.5)

602 (73.1)

679 (77.0)

   No

448 (25.5)

224 (26.9)

197 (23.0)

Parental supervision

   Yes

1369 (77.4)

634 (78.1)

673 (77.2)

   No

377 (22.6)

169 (21.9)

189 (22.9)

Bullied

   

   Yes

949 (62.8)

431 (60.0)

466 (65.0)

   No

610 (37.2)

314 (40.0)

274 (35.0)

Current alcohol drinking

   Yes

528 (42.2)

217 (38.5)

283 (45.1)

   No

805 (57.8)

388 (61.5)

388 (54.9)

Missed classes or school

   Yes

1010 (58.8)

365 (58.1)

381 (58.4)

   No

772 (41.2)

463 (41.9)

493 (41.6)

  1. Frequencies not adding up because of missing information
  2. * unweighted frequencies
  3. ** weighted percents