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Table 2 School, teacher and student characteristics

From: School violence, depression symptoms, and school climate: a cross-sectional study of Congolese and Burundian refugee children

 

Freq (%), Mean (SD)

Schools (N = 27)

 Level

  Primary

21

78%

  Secondary

6

22%

 School nationality

  Congolese

17

63%

  Burundian

10

37%

 Perceptions of school climate

  Teacher-student relationship

3.23

(0.05)

  Teacher self-efficacy

3.26

(0.04)

  Teacher job satisfaction

2.83

(0.75)

  Teacher and student involvement in school operations

2.69

(0.06)

Teachers (N = 488)

 Sex

  Male

355

73%

  Female

133

27%

 Age group

  Below 30

214

44%

  30–39

153

31%

  40–49

52

11%

  50 and above

69

14%

 Country of origin

  DRC

303

62%

  Burundi

184

38%

 Meals eaten yesterday

  No meals

9

2%

  One meal

164

33%

  Two meals or more

315

65%

Students (N = 1493)

 Sex

  Male

799

53%

  Female

694

47%

 Age group

  10 or below

453

28%

  11 to 14

643

45%

  15 to 20

341

26%

  21 or above

56

1%

 Country of origin

  DRC

927

66%

  Burundi

565

34%

 Meals eaten yesterday

  No meals

8

1%

  One meal

246

15%

  Two meals or more

1239

84%

 Number of adults in same sleeping area

3.05

(1.62)

 Number of children in same sleeping area

4.65

(2.16)

 Lives with at least one biological parent

341

75%

 Has functional difficulty

654

42%

 School attendance in past week

  DRC (of 6 days)

4.53

(0.91)

  Burundi (of 5 days)

4.99

(1.55)

  1. All estimates are adjusted for sampling weights