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Table 1 Cohort characteristics

From: Adolescents as agents of healthful change through scientific literacy development: A school-university partnership program in New Zealand

 

Schools in Auckland regiona

Intervention participation and invitation to participate in evaluation

Matched pre- and post-intervention responses (students)

T0b

T0–T2 matched

% T0 retention

T0–T4 matched

% T0 retention

T0–T2-T4 matched

% T0 retention

School

Classes

Students

School community SESc

Decile 1–4

39

(33.9)

4

(40)

11

(36.7)

298

(35.3)

58

(19.5)

44

(14.8)

(75.9)

49

(21.7)

(84.5)

40

(19.9)

(69.0)

Decile 5–7

20

(17.4)

1

(10)

6

(20.0)

174

(20.6)

111

(63.8)

99

(33.2)

(89.2)

68

(30.1)

(61.3)

64

(31.8)

(57.7)

Decile 8–10

56

(48.7)

5

(50)

13

(43.3)

372

(44.1)

180

(48.8)

155

(52.0)

(86.1)

109

(48.2)

(60.6)

97

(48.3)

(53.9)

Gender

Male

      

290

(34.4)

123

(38.0)

106

(35.6)

(86.2)

87

(38.5)

(70.7)

78

(38.8)

(63.4)

Female

      

554

(65.6)

226

(36.6)

192

(64.4)

(85.0)

139

(61.5)

(61.5)

123

(61.2)

(54.4)

School year level

Year 7–8

      

227

(26.9)

140

(61.7)

133

(44.6)

(95.0)

85

(37.6)

(60.7)

82

(40.8)

(58.6)

Year 9–10

      

617

(73.1)

209

(33.9)

165

(55.4)

(78.9)

141

(62.4)

(67.5)

119

(59.2)

(56.9)

Median age at intervention

        

13y1m

12y11m

 

13y1m

 

13y0m

 

Inter-quartile range

        

12y2m–14y1m

12y1m–14y0m

12y3m–14y1m

12y1m–14y0m

Ethnicity (multiple responses accepted)

Māori

        

45

(12.9)

35

(11.7)

(77.8)

30

(13.3)

(66.7)

25

(12.4)

(55.6)

Pacific

        

47

(13.5)

40

(13.4)

(85.1)

35

(15.5)

(74.5)

31

(15.4)

(66.0)

Asian

        

50

(14.3)

40

(13.4)

(80.0)

34

(15.0)

(68.0)

26

(12.9)

(52.0)

Indian

        

14

(4.0)

12

(4.0)

(85.7)

11

(4.9)

(78.6)

9

(4.5)

(64.3)

NZ European

        

222

(63.6)

197

(66.1)

(88.7)

139

(61.5)

(62.6)

129

(64.2)

(58.1)

Other

        

36

(10.3)

31

(10.4)

(86.1)

17

(7.5)

(47.2)

15

(7.5)

(41.7)

 

Total

115

10

30

844

349

(41.4)

298

(35.3)

(85.4)

226

(26.8)

(64.8)

201

(23.8)

(57.6)

  1. Values are numbers; (percentage by column), (percentage by row)
  2. aData from New Zealand Ministry of Education (Ministry of Education 2012), based on schools in the Auckland region comprising years 7–13, 9–13, 7–10, or 11–13
  3. bParents were encouraged to make the consent decision in consultation with their children. Where parents gave consent for children to participate, 96% of adolescents gave assent
  4. cSES categorization for New Zealand schools is based on the SES of families within the school’s catchment area, calculated from census data relating to household income, educational qualifications, and occupation of adults within the household, household crowding, and income support provided to the household. Decile 10 includes the 10% of schools with the lowest proportion of low SES families within the catchment. Decile 1 includes the 10% of schools with the highest proportion of low SES families within the catchment (Ministry of Education, 2017)