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Table 2 Personal and Educational Characteristics of the Participants

From: House ownership, frequency of illness, fathers’ education: the most significant socio-demographic determinants of poor nutritional status in adolescent girls from low income households of Lahore, Pakistan

Variable

Level

Frequency

Percentage

Fisher Exact value

P- value

Age of Participant

13–15

51

45.5

1.245

.249

16–19

61

54.5

 

Currently in education

Yes

48

42.9

2.542

.087

No

64

57.1

 

Highest level of education of participant

Class 5

31

27.7

6.078

.009

Class 8

25

22.3

 

Class 10

20

17.9

 

Intermediate

6

5.4

 

Masters

1

.9

 

Not educated

29

25.9

 

Highest level of participant’s father’s education

Class 5

27

24.1

8.305

.002

Class 8

14

12.5

 

Class 10

19

17.0

 

Intermediate

1

.9

 

Masters

1

.9

 

Not educated

50

44.6

 

Highest level of participant’s mother’s education

Class 5

24

21.4

6.078

.009

Class 8

8

7.1

 

Class 10

4

3.6

 

Bachelors

3

2.7

 

Not educated

73

65.2