Only those schools categorized by The Carnegie Foundation [2] as doctorate-granting universities, master's colleges and universities or baccalaureate colleges are included in this sample of schools.
Figure 3 shows the retention rates for medical schools categorized according to year of establishment and funding mechanism.
In our study communities, based on current Kato-Katz-based WHO cutoff values, there are 26 schools categorized as low-prevalence, 33 as moderate, and 4 as high.
Years at school were categorized as more or less than 8 years.
Of the data collected, the following measures were considered in the analysis presented here: Socio-demographic information: age, sex, ethnicity (Sinhala, Tamil, Muslim), area of residence (urban, suburban, rural), type of school (as categorized in the methodology).
In 2002/04 schooling was categorized differently because in 1978 79 national compulsory schooling was 4 years and in 2002 04 it was already 8 years.
A list containing all available schools was generated at each site, and the schools were categorized as large or small and randomized into one of the four study arms for possible inclusion according to a randomized order.
Using process data, LEAP intervention schools were categorized into low- and high-implementing groups and compared with control schools on nine essential elements assessed at the organizational level.
While students who leave the city schools are categorized using one of dozens of "discharge" codes, it has been impossible to know how many moved from the city, how many voluntarily chose to transfer to a different program, and how many were pushed out.
Education was recorded as number of years of schooling and categorized in five subgroups.
