Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the study participant’s demographic information
Parameter | Details | Enrollment | Eco-epidemiological zone (n, %) | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lakeshore | Hillside | Plateau | Â | |||
Total household surveyed | 1599 (100.0) | 460 (28.8) | 501(31.3) | 638 (39.9) | Â | |
Total enrolment | 5838 (100.0) | 1652 (28.3) | 1605 (27.5) | 2581 (44.2) | Â | |
Sex | Male | 2728 (46.7) | 749 (27.5) | 774 (28.4) | 1205 (44.1) | 0.2554 |
Female | 3110 (53.3) | 903 (29.1) | 831(26.7) | 1376 (44.2) | ||
Age |  < 5 | 747 (12.8) | 191(25.6) | 209 (27.9) | 347 (46.5) | 0.1242 |
5–14 | 1784 (30.6) | 520 (29.1) | 490 (27.5) | 774 (43.4) | ||
 ≥ 15 | 3307 (56.6) | 941 (28.5) | 906 (27.4) | 1460 (44.1) | ||
Education | Never attended school | 117 (2.0) | 40 (34.2) | 32 (27.4) | 45 (38.4) |  < 0.0001 |
Pre-school age | 639 (10.9) | 130 (20.3) | 189 (29.6) | 320 (50.1) | ||
Primary | 3157 (54.7) | 929 (29.4) | 930 (57.9) | 1298 (50.3) | ||
Secondary | 1531 (26.2) | 426 (27.8) | 373 (24.4) | 732 (47.8) | ||
College and above | 394 (6.7) | 127 (32.2) | 81 (20.6) | 186 (47.2) | ||
Occupation | Farmer | 1029 (21.7) | 222 (21.6) | 316 (30.7) | 491(47.7) |  < 0.0001 |
Small scale business | 523 (11.0) | 175 (33.5) | 142 (27.2) | 206 (39.3) | ||
Office worker | 138 (2.9) | 62 (44.9) | 36 (26.1) | 40 (29.0) | ||
Unemployed | 489 (10.3) | 132 (27.0) | 169 (34.6) | 188 (38.4) | ||
Student | 2879 (37.5) | 897 (31.1) | 762 (26.5) | 1220 (42.4) | ||
Non-school child | 573 (12.1) | 103 (18.0) | 144 (25.1) | 326 (56.9) | ||
Others | 207 (4.4) | 61 (29.5) | 36 (17.4) | 110 (53.1) | ||