Table 1 Participant demographics (n = 750)
Early Adolescents: 10–14 years (n = 467) | Mid-Late Adolescents: 15–21 years (n = 283) | Total (n = 750) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Education | |||
Enrolled in school | 464 (99.4%) | 267 (94.3%) | 731 (97.5%) |
Primary (G1–G4) | 121 (25.9%) | 2 (0.7%) | 123 (16.4%) |
Secondary (G5–G11) | 343 (73.4%) | 276 (97.5%) | 619 (82.5%) |
Other/Refused | 3 (0.6%) | 5 (1.8%) | 8 (1.1%) |
Living Situation | |||
Live with parents | 270 (57.8%) | 99 (35.0%) | 369 (49.2%) |
Live away from parents | 197 (42.2%) | 184 (65.0%) | 381 (50.8%) |
Nunnery | 146 (31.3%) | 146 (51.6) | 292 (38.9%) |
Boarding house/school | 11 (2.4%) | 17 (6.0%) | 28 (3.7%) |
With other family members | 23 (4.9%) | 10 (3.5%) | 33 (4.4%) |
Other/Refused | 17 (3.6%) | 11 (3.9%) | 28 (3.7%) |
Area of Residence | |||
Mandalay Region | 174 (37.3%) | 76 (26.9%) | 250 (33.3%) |
Yangon Region | 124 (26.6%) | 77 (27.2%) | 201 (26.8%) |
Kachin State | 92 (19.7%) | 33 (11.7%) | 125 (16.7%) |
Shan State | 58 (12.4%) | 67 (23.7%) | 125 (16.7%) |
Tanintharyi Region | 19 (4.1%) | 30 (10.6%) | 49 (6.5%) |
Ethnicity | |||
Bamar | 209 (44.8%) | 70 (24.7%) | 279 (37.2%) |
Kachin | 90 (19.3%) | 32 (11.3%) | 122 (16.3%) |
Pa’O | 49 (10.5%) | 47 (16.6%) | 96 (12.8%) |
Karen | 29 (6.2%) | 35 (12.4%) | 64 (8.5%) |
Palaung | 28 (6.0%) | 29 (10.2%) | 57 (7.6%) |
Other* | 62 (13.3%) | 70 (24.7%) | 132 (17.6%) |
Religion | |||
Buddhist | 331 (70.9%) | 198 (70.0%) | 529 (70.5%) |
Christian/Catholic | 132 (28.3%) | 84 (29.7%) | 216 (28.8%) |
Hindu | 2 (0.4%) | 0 (0.0%) | 4 (0.3%) |
Muslim | 2 (0.4%) | 1 (0.4%) | 3 (0.4%) |