Research Article
Prevalence of Anemia and Undernutrition of Adolescent Females in Selected Schools in Ghana
Table 1
Characteristics of participants.
| | Variable | Mean ± SD
N = 151 |
| | Age in years | 12.87 ± 1.89 |
| | Variable | Frequency (%) | | Age distribution of participants | | | Early adolescence (10–13 yrs) | 106 (62.7) | | Middle adolescence (14–16 yrs) | 43 (34.9) | | Late adolescence (17–19 yrs) | 2 (2.4) | | Education of mother | | | No formal education | 25 (19.3) | | Basic (JHS) | 65 (47) | | Secondary (SHS) | 48 (26.5) | | Tertiary | 13 (7.2) | | Education of father | | | No formal education | 24 (14.5) | | Basic (JHS) | 38 (26.5) | | Secondary (SHS) | 59 (42.1) | | Tertiary | 30 (16.9) | | Occupation of mother | | | Trading | 97 (61.4) | | Farming | 34 (25.3) | | Others1 | 20 (13.3) | | Occupation of father | | | Trading | 15 (13.3) | | Farming | 60 (44.6) | | Driving | 24 (19.3) | | Teaching | 10 (4.8) | | Mason | 8 (1.2) | | Others2 | 34 (16.8) |
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Others1, teaching, hairdressing, cleaning, police officer, and cooks. Others2, carpentry, barbering, teaching, trading, banking, pastor, and doctor. SD, standard deviation.
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