Table 1 Psychiatric morbidity v/s no psychiatric morbidity
From: Prevalence of psychiatric morbidity among school-going adolescents in the age group of 13–19 years
Variable | No psychiatric morbidity Mean (SD) (range)/frequency (%) | Psychiatric morbidity Mean (SD) (range)/frequency (%) | Chi-square/ANOVA (p value) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | 13–16 | 157 (64.9%) | 75 (70.1%) | 0.90 (0.39) |
17–19 | 85 (35.1%) | 32 (29.9%) | ||
Sex | Male | 136 (56.2%) | 59 (55.1%) | 0.03 (0.90) |
Female | 106 (43.8%) | 48 (44.9%) | ||
Class | 12th | 62 (25.6%) | 22 (20.6%) | 1.04 (0.78) |
11th | 70 (28.9%) | 33 (30.8%) | ||
10th | 52 (21.5%) | 25 (23.4%) | ||
9th | 58 (24.0%) | 27 (25.2%) | ||
Residence | Urban | 99 (40.9%) | 51 (47.7) | 1.38 (0.96) |
Rural | 143 (59.1%) | 56 (52.3%) | ||
Socioeconomic status | Upper | 5 (2.1%) | 5 (4.7%) | 8.38 (0.6) |
Upper middle | 27 (11.2%) | 14 (13.1%) | ||
Middle | 131 (54.1%) | 46 (43.0%) | ||
Upper lower | 66 (27.3%) | 29 (27.1%) | ||
Lower | 13 (5.4%) | 13 (12.1%) | ||
Family type | Joint | 42 (17.4%) | 12 (11.2%) | 2.13 (0.15) |
Nuclear | 200 (82.6%) | 95 (88.8%) | ||
Smoking status | Non-smoker | 216 (89.3%) | 84 (78.5%) | 7.10 (0.01) |
Smoker | 26 (10.7%) | 23 (21.5%) | ||
Family history | Absent | 225 (93.0%) | 79 (73.8%) | 24.20 (0.000) |
Present | 17 (7.0%) | 28(26.2%) | ||
Religion | Muslim | 235 (97.1%) | 104 (97.2%) | 0.002 (1.00) |
Non-Muslim | 7 (2.9%) | 3 (2.8%) | ||
Co-morbid medical illness | Absent | 230 (95.0%) | 94 (87.9%) | 5.76 (0.02) |
Present | 12 (5.0%) | 13 (12.1%) | ||
Type of school | Private | 91 (37.6%) | 58 (54.2%) | 8.35 (0.005) |
Government | 151 (62.4%) | 49 (45.8%) |