Table 1 Socio-demographics of study population, stratified by gender
| Â | Â | Males (N=871, 50.8%) | Females (N=843, 49.2%) | Total (N=1714) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | \(N/{\bar {X}}\) | %/SD | \(N/{\bar {X}}\) | %/SD | \(N/{\bar {X}}\) | %/ SD |
Micro-level | |||||||
 Age* | ≤12 | 412 | 47.3% | 442 | 52.4% | 854 | 49.8% |
|  | 13–14 | 459 | 52.7% | 401 | 47.6% | 860 | 50.2% |
 Freedom of move**(\(\overline{\mathrm{X} }\)±SD) | Cont. | 2.6 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 0.7 |
 Decision-making**(\(\overline{\mathrm{X} }\)±SD) | Cont. | 3.3 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 0.7 |
Meso-level | |||||||
 Parent monitoring*** | High | 682 | 78.6% | 739 | 87.9% | 1421 | 83.2% |
| Â | Low | 186 | 21.4% | 102 | 12.1% | 288 | 16.8% |
 Friends of both gender*** | Yes | 476 | 59.1% | 399 | 49.9% | 875 | 54.5% |
| Â | No | 329 | 40.2% | 401 | 50.1% | 730 | 45.5% |
 Have friends drink | Yes | 23 | 3.0% | 15 | 2.0% | 38 | 2.5% |
| Â | No | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Romantic engagement*** | Ever | 129 | 17.2% | 77 | 10.0% | 206 | 13.6% |
| Â | Never | 621 | 82.8% | 692 | 90.0% | 1313 | 86.4% |
 School connectedness | Yes | 748 | 92.4% | 711 | 91.2% | 1459 | 91.7% |
| Â | No | 62 | 7.6% | 69 | 8.8% | 131 | 8.3% |
 Neighborhood cohesion | High | 515 | 62.1% | 478 | 59.4% | 993 | 60.7% |
| Â | Low | 315 | 37.9% | 327 | 40.6% | 642 | 39.3% |
Macro-level | |||||||
 Sexual double standard | High. | 367 | 44.8% | 521 | 64.6% | 888 | 54.6% |
| Â | Low | 452 | 55.2% | 285 | 35.4% | 737 | 45.4% |