Research Article
Unintentional Injuries among School-Aged Children in Palestine: Findings from the National Study of Palestinian Schoolchildren (HBSC-WBG2006)
Table 1
Characteristics of participants (
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| Characteristics | | % |
| Grade | | | 6th | 4263 | 26.7 | 8th | 4124 | 25.8 | 10th | 4113 | 25.8 | 12th | 3463 | 21.7 | Gender | | | Boys | 7551 | 47.3 | Girls | 8412 | 52.7 | Region | | | West Bank | 9077 | 56.9 | Gaza Strip | 6886 | 43.1 | School ownership | | | Private | 1243 | 7.8 | Government | 12688 | 79.5 | UNRWA* | 2032 | 12.7 | Family Affluence Scale (FAS) | | | FAS 1 (low) | 9494 | 66.6 | FAS 2 (moderate) | 3259 | 22.9 | FAS 3 (high) | 1502 | 10.5 | Father’s education | | | Low education | 10833 | 75.6 | High education | 3488 | 24.4 | Mother’s education | | | Low education | 9466 | 65.5 | High education | 4980 | 34.5 | Father’s occupation | | | Yes | 10398 | 71.8 | No | 3006 | 20.8 | Do not know or do not have/do not see the father | 1075 | 7.4 | Mother’s occupation | | | Yes | 3054 | 21.2 | No | 10280 | 71.5 | Do not know or do not have/do not see the mother | 1044 | 7.2 |
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UNRWA: United Nation Relief Working Agency.
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