Table 1: Level of OHP score difference with its socio-demographic variables (N = 572).

Variables

Level of OHP

Chi-square

 

P-value

Good practice

n (%)

174 (30.4%)

Poor practice

n (%)

398 (69.6%)

School name

Arbate Asmara

42 (39.6)

64 (60.4)

14.578

0.012*

 

 

 

 

Bahtimeskerem

30 (32.6)

62 (67.4)

Embatekera

24 (37.1)

44 (62.9)

Hadnet

27 (20.9)

102 (79.1)

Bana

33 (24.8)

100 (75.2)

Gnbot 24

16 (38.1)

26 (61.9)

Sex

Male

76 (25.3)

224 (74.7)

7.711

0.005*

 

Female

98 (36)

174 (64)

Age

12

75 (34.4)

143 (65.6)

2.956

0.398

13

48 (27.9)

124 (72.1)

14

38 (29.2)

92 (70.8)

15

13 (25)

39 (75)

Grade

6th

67 (31.5)

146 (68.5)

0.183

0.913

7th

55 (30.1)

128 (69.9)

8th

52 (29.5)

124 (70.5)

Residence

Urban

163 (30.5)

371 (69.5)

0.042

0.838

Rural

11 (28.9)

27 (71.1)

Ethnicity

Tigrigna

170 (30.6)

386 (69.4)

0.228

0.633

Others

4 (25)

12 (75)

Family size

2-4

36 (29.5)

86 (70.5)

0.201

0.904

5-7

101 (31.2)

223 (68.8)

8 & above

37 (29.4)

89 (70.6)

Religion

Muslim

10 (30.3)

23 (69.7)

0.000

0.988

Christian

164 (30.4)

375 (69.6)

Father’s education

No formal education

10 (26.3)

28 (73.7)

2.517

0.774

Primary education

20 (32.3)

42 (67.7)

Junior school

36 (33)

73 (67)

Secondary education

48 (32.9)

98 (67.1)

College/University

7 (35)

13 (65)

Don’t know

53 (26.9)

144 (73.1)

Mother’s education

No formal education

5 (33.3)

10 (66.7)

5.150

0.398

 

Primary education

3 (12.5)

21 (87.5)

 

 

Junior school

17 (38.6)

27 (61.4)

Secondary education

40 (30.5)

91 (69.5)

College/University

14 (31.8)

30 (68.2)

Don’t know

95 (30.3)

219 (69.7)

What is your mother’s occupation?

Self-employed

32 (66.6)

16( 33.4)

5.864

0 .556

Governmental employee

55 (71.4)

22 (28.6)

Private employee

26 (61.9)

16 (38.1)

House wife

250 (69.6)

109 (30.4)

 

Student

2 (100)

0 (0)

   

Retired

21 (84)

4 (16)

Mother is not living with us

11 (61.1)

7 (38.9)

Don’t know

1 (100)

0 (0)

What is your father’s occupation?

Self-employed

82 (64.5)

45 (35.5)

9.979

0.126

Governmental employee

180 (74.0)

63 (26.0)

Private employee

24 (54.5)

20 (44.5)

Student

1 (100)

0 (0)

Retired

9 (75)

3 (25)

Father is not living with us

84 (68.8)

38 (31.2)

Don’t know

18 (78.2)

5 (21.8)

N.B: *significant score of difference