Table 2 Summary of the sample's sociodemographic variables
From: Parents' knowledge and predictions about the age of menarche: experimental evidence from Honduras
Variables | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Gender | ||
Male | 50 | 13.9% |
Female | 310 | 86.1% |
Socioeconomic level (SES) | ||
Low | 110 | 30.6% |
Middle | 122 | 33.9% |
High | 128 | 35.6% |
Age (by range) | ||
22–25 | 53 | 14.7% |
26–30 | 102 | 28.2% |
31–35 | 76 | 21.1% |
36–40 | 57 | 15.8% |
41–45 | 32 | 8.9% |
46–50 | 14 | 3.8% |
Over 50 | 27 | 7.5% |
Education level | ||
None | 21 | 5.9% |
Incomplete primary education | 56 | 15.7% |
Complete primary education | 96 | 27.0% |
Incomplete middle school education | 28 | 7.9% |
Complete middle school education | 29 | 8.1% |
Incomplete secondary education | 15 | 4.2% |
Complete secondary education | 51 | 14.3% |
Technical/ vocational education | 31 | 8.7% |
Incomplete university education | 20 | 5.6% |
University education | 8 | 2.3% |
Postgraduate education | 1 | 0.3% |
Ethnicity | ||
Chorti | 39 | 10.8% |
Lenca | 27 | 7.5% |
Maya Chorti | 28 | 7.8% |
Mestizo | 251 | 69.8% |
Garífuna | 4 | 1.1% |
Tolupán | 3 | 0.8% |
Misquito | 3 | 0.8% |
Tawahaka | 1 | 0.3% |
Other minority group | 4 | 1.1% |
Access to food the previous week (poverty) | ||
Yes | 278 | 77.2% |
No | 82 | 22.8% |
Experience | ||
At least one daughter 12 or older | 77 | 21.3% |