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Table 3 Description of the study participants according to the academic performance at Wolaita Sodo town in South Ethiopia, June 2019

From: Adolescents’ nutritional status and its association with academic performance in South Ethiopia; a facility-based cross-sectional study

Variable (n = 670)

Characteristics

Academic performance

Above the mean

Below the mean

Age in years

10–14

40 (29.2)

97 (70.8)

15–19

135 (25.3)

398 (74.7)

Sex

Male

69 (20.9)

262 (79.2)

Female

106 (31.3)

233 (68.7)

Wealth quintile

First

48 (43.6)

62 (56.4)

Second

81 (59.6)

55 (40.4)

Middle

114 (83.8)

22 (16.2)

Fourth

136 (86.1)

22 (13.9)

Highest

116 (89.2)

14 (10.8)

School type

Public

27 (11.9)

199 (88.1)

Private

148 (33.3)

296 (66.7)

Nutritional status (BAZ)

Underweight

25 (58.1)

18 (41.9)

Normal

140 (26.1)

396 (73.9)

Overweight

7 (11.1)

56 (88.9)

Obese

3 (10.7)

25 (89.3)

Dietary diversity

> 4

46 (16.8)

228 (83.2)

≤4

129 (32.6)

267 (67.4)

The purpose of spending much time on the internet

For academic purpose

27 (18.8)

117 (81.3)

For social media

132 (28.1)

337 (71.9)

Alcohol consumption

Yes

50 (30.1)

116 (69.9)

No

125 (24.8)

379 (75.2)

Absent for 10% school days in the studied academic year

Yes

35 (21.5)

128 (78.5)

No

140 (27.6)

367 (72.4)