The effect of peer education based on adolescent health education on the resilience of children and adolescents: A cluster randomized controlled trial

Table 1. The distribution of sociodemographic characteristics between intervention group and control group (n = 1,613). Characteristics Control (n = 881) Intervention (n = 732) P Educational degree Primary school 345 (52.35) 314 (47.65) 0.130a Middle school 536 (56.18) 418 (43.82) Sex Male 438 (53.68) 378 (46.32) 0.440a Female 443 (55.58) 354 (44.42) Only child Yes 165 (57.49) 122 (42.51) 0.280a No 716 (54.00) 610 (46.00) Relationship between parents Harmonious 773 (56.34) 599 (43.66) 0.002a Moderate 86 (43.00) 114 (57.00) Disharmonious 22 (53.66) 19 (46.34) Relationship with father Harmonious 751 (56.51) 578 (43.49) 0.004a Moderate 108 (45.96) 127 (54.04) Disharmonious 22 (44.90) 27 (55.10) Relationship with mother Harmonious 776 (55.07) 633 (44.93) 0.610a Moderate 78 (50.98) 75 (49.02) Disharmonious 27 (52.94) 24 (47.06) Father’s educational level Middle school or lower 579 (58.02) 419 (41.98) 0.001a High/technical secondary school 264 (48.00) 286 (52.00) Junior college or higher 38 (58.46) 27 (41.54) Mother’s educational level Middle school or lower 578 (56.12) 452 (43.88) 0.280a High/technical secondary school 281 (51.94) 260 (48.06) Junior college or higher 22 (52.38) 20 (47.62) Parenting style Democracy 648 (57.09) 487 (42.91) 0.001a Autocratic 132 (45.21) 160 (54.79) Doting 77 (58.78) 54 (41.22) Disregardful 24 (43.64) 31 (56.36) Family economic status Good 287 (50.98) 276 (49.02) <0.001a Moderate 434 (52.93) 386 (47.07) Bad 160 (69.57) 70 (30.43) Academic achievements

Good 240 (53.93) 205 (46.07) 0.680a Moderate 442 (54.10) 375 (45.90) Bad 199 (56.70) 152 (43.30) Number of close friends �2 188 (52.22) 172 (47.78) 0.210a 3–5 388 (57.14) 291 (42.86) �6 305 (53.14) 269 (46.86) (Continued) PLOS ONE The effect of peer education based on adolescent health education on resilience of children and adolescents PLOS ONE | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0263012 February 2, 2022 9 / 18