Participants’ Evaluation of the Project P.A.T.H.S.: Are Findings Based on Different Datasets Consistent?

Table 1

Description of data characteristics from 2005 to 2009.

	S1				S2			S3
	2005/06 EIP	2006/07 FIP	2007/08 FIP	2008/09 FIP	2006/07 EIP	2007/08 FIP	2008/09 FIP	2007/08 EIP	2008/09 FIP
Total schools that joined P.A.T.H.S.	52	207	213	197	49	196	198	48	167
(i) 10 h program	23	95	108	104	27	113	110	29	104
(ii) 20 h program	29	112	105	93	22	83	88	19	63
Tier 1 Program:
Mean no. of sessions of program implementation	17.75 (3–50)	23.55 (2–50)	23.61 (5–60)	23.54 (5–65)	23.76 (10–40)	22.81 (7–60)	23.04 (4–48)	24.07 (10–44)	22.78 (7–66)
No. of schools incorporated into formal curriculum	21	101	116	98	26	108	99	30	85
No. of schools incorporated into other modes	31	106	97	99	23	88	99	18	82
Mean no. of classes per school	4.58 (2–7)	4.66 (1–8)	4.69 (1–8)	4.56 (1–8)	4.51 (1–7)	4.62 (1–8)	4.64 (1–8)	4.56 (1–8)	4.67 (1–8)
Total no. of students	8679	35,735	36,343	31,280	8167	33,449	33,583	7708	28,157
Mean no. of students per school	166.90 (37–240)	172.63 (17–280)	171.05 (16–267)	158.78 (5–251)	166.67 (32–240)	170.66 (12–280)	169.61 (15–263)	160.58 (26–240)	168.60 (28–240)
Total no. of student respondents	8,057	33,693	33,867	29,100	7,406	30,731	31,197	6,830	25,432
Mean no. of student respondents per school	154.94 (37–212)	162.77 (15–265)	159.00 (14–267)	147.72 (3–251)	151.14 (32–220)	156.80 (12–243)	157.56 (15–263)	142.29 (23–213)	152.29 (22–229)

Note: S1: secondary 1 level; S2: secondary 2 level; S3: secondary 3 level; EIP: Experimental Implementation Phase, FIP: Full Implementation Phase.