Table 1 Demographic features of sampled students
| Â | Jamaica | St Kitts | St Vincent | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | N | % | N | % | N | % |
Gender | ||||||
Male | 115 | 41.4 | 371 | 50.3 | 384 | 53.6 |
Female | 145 | 52.2 | 352 | 47.8 | 382 | 46.4 |
Missing | 18 | 6.5 | 14 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
Maternal Education | ||||||
Secondary or Less | 130 | 46.8 | 437 | 59.3 | 487 | 68.0 |
Post-Secondary | 148 | 53.2 | 204 | 27.7 | 177 | 24.7 |
Missing | 0 | 0.0 | 96 | 13.0 | 52 | 7.3 |
Age | ||||||
14 | 40 | 14.4 | 72 | 9.8 | 65 | 9.1 |
15 | 179 | 64.4 | 309 | 41.9 | 342 | 47.8 |
16 | 59 | 21.2 | 279 | 37.9 | 191 | 26.7 |
17 | 0 | 0.0 | 77 | 10.4 | 88 | 12.3 |
18 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 29 | 4.1 |
Academic Track | ||||||
Low | 115 | 41.4 | 189 | 25.6 | 360 | 50.3 |
High | 163 | 58.6 | 548 | 74.4 | 356 | 49.7 |