Table 1 Background characteristics of participating pupils (n = 366)
From: Dietary patterns and associated factors of schooling Ghanaian adolescents
Characteristic | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Sex | ||
 Male | 182 | 49.7 |
 Female | 184 | 50.3 |
Age (years) | ||
 ≤ 15 | 175 | 47.8 |
 > 15 | 191 | 52.2 |
Class of pupil | ||
 JHS 1 | 188 | 51.4 |
 JHS 2 | 178 | 48.6 |
Anthropometric status (BMI-for-age) | ||
 Underweight | 23 | 6.3 |
 Normal | 321 | 87.7 |
 Overweight/obese | 22 | 6.0 |
Ethnicity | ||
 Dagomba | 319 | 87.2 |
 Gonja | 26 | 7.1 |
 Others | 21 | 5.7 |
Live with parents? | ||
 Yes | 287 | 78.4 |
Family type | ||
 Nuclear | 152 | 41.5 |
 Extended | 214 | 58.5 |
Go to school with pocket money | ||
 Yes | 339 | 92.6 |
Father’s education | ||
 None | 195 | 53.3 |
 Primary/junior high school | 98 | 26.8 |
 Senior high school/tertiary | 73 | 19.9 |
Father’s occupation | ||
 Farmer | 120 | 32.8 |
 Trader | 74 | 20.2 |
 Civil servant | 33 | 9.0 |
 Others | 139 | 38.0 |
Mother’s education | ||
 None | 256 | 69.9 |
 Primary/junior high school | 83 | 22.7 |
 Senior high school/tertiary | 27 | 7.4 |
Mother’s occupation | ||
 Farmer | 35 | 9.6 |
 Trader | 261 | 71.3 |
 Civil servant | 6 | 1.6 |
 Others | 64 | 17.5 |
Household wealth quintile | ||
 Poorest | 74 | 20.2 |
 Poor | 76 | 20.8 |
 Medium | 70 | 19.1 |
 Wealthy | 73 | 19.9 |
 Wealthiest | 73 | 19.9 |