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Table 1 Characteristics of the participants enrolled for round one

From: Stepping Stones and Creating Futures intervention: shortened interrupted time series evaluation of a behavioural and structural health promotion and violence prevention intervention for young people in informal settlements in Durban, South Africa

 

Male

Female

 

% (n = 110)

% (n = 122)

Age group: <20 yrs

20

31.2

20-24

66.4

48.4

25-29

13.6

18.9

>30

0

1.6

Highest school grade: <10

20

24.4

10

7.3

13

11

27.3

39

12

45.4

23.6

Post-school course

20

15.5

Mother has died

23.9

26

Father has died

49.5

55.3

Partnership status: married

0.9

0.8

Cohabiting

14.6

8.1

Has a girl or boy friend

71.8

72.4

No current partner

12.7

18.7

Ever had a child or fathered

36.4

66.7

# children: >1

57.5

59.8

2

32.5

26.8

>2

10

13.4

Worked or earned in last 12 m

65.2

36.1

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BMC Public Health

ISSN: 1471-2458

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