Table 2 Family and psychosocial characteristics of participants, Southern Ethiopia
Variables | Category | Academic performance | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Poor | Good | |||
Weight loss within the past one-year | Yes | 39 (33.9) | 76 (66.1) | 0.9861 |
No | 170 (34.0) | 330 (66.0) | ||
Mothers’ occupation | Housewife | 138 (35.9) | 246 (64.1) | 0.0821* |
Gov’t employee | 24 (24.2) | 75 (75.8) | ||
Self-employed | 47 (35.6) | 85 (64.4) | ||
Fathers’ occupation | Farmer | 89 (38.7) | 141 (61.3) | 0.1521* |
Gov’t employee | 56 (30.3) | 129 (69.7) | ||
Self-employed | 64 (32.0) | 136 (68.0) | ||
Parent’s involvement | Yes | 199 (34.4) | 379 (65.6) | 0.3571 |
No | 10 (27.0) | 27 (73.0) | ||