Mental health and wellbeing implications of the COVID-19 quarantine for disabled and disadvantaged children and young people: evidence from a cross-cultural study in Zambia and Sierra Leone

Table 2 Participants’ distribution in terms of their socio-demographic characteristics

Characteristic	Category	Overall (%)	N = 468	Zambia	n	Sierra Leone	n
Sex	Male	57.9	271	31.6	148	26.2	123
	Female	42.1	197	19.6	92	22.4	105
Age	12–14 years	26.1	122	19.2	90	6.8	32
	15–17 years	18.2	85	9.8	46	8.3	39
	18–20 years	13.9	65	8.1	38	5.7	27
	21–23 years	10.3	48	3.2	15	7.0	33
	24–25 years	31.6	148	10.8	51	20.07	97
Education level	Primary schooling	35.3	165	27.5	129	7.6	36
	Secondary schooling	26.1	122	8.1	38	17.9	84
	College	0.6	3	0.0	0	0.6	3
	University	2.8	13	0.0	0	2.7	13
	Other	35.3	165	15.5	73	19.6	92
Type of disability	Physical disabilities	40.0	187	13.4	63	26.4	124
	Visual disabilities	4.5	21	4.4	21	0.0	0
	Hearing disabilities	7.3	34	7.2	34	0.0	0
	Mental health disabilities	4.7	22	4.7	22	0.0	0
	Intellectual disabilities	5.6	26	5.5	26	0.0	0
	Learning disabilities	1.9	9	1.9	9	0.0	0
	Two or more disabilities	12.0	56	11.9	56	0.0	0
	Prefer not to Say	24.1	113	1.9	9	22.2	104
Income per month	Very low	59.6	279	25.0	117	34.6	162
	Low	26.3	123	18.8	88	7.4	35
	Medium	14.1	66	7.4	35	6.6	31
	High	0.0	0	0.0	0	00.0	0
	Very high	0.0	0	0.0	0	00.0	0

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