Associations between family social circumstances and psychological distress among the university students of Bangladesh: To what extent do the lifestyle factors mediate?

Table 2 Distribution of the lifestyle factors by family social conditions (n = 742)^#

Lifestyle factors	Childhood poverty (%)			Family socio-economic position (%)			Parents’ marital status (%)		Living with family (%)
Lifestyle factors	No	Yes	Don’t remember	High	Medium	Low	Married	Unmarried	Yes	No
Physical inactivity
Inactive	44.6	37.3	39.8	38.8	43.6	40.0	41.5	45.5	42.4	39.3
Moderately active	22.4	24.0	34.4	28.1	23.3	25.0	25.0	23.6	24.0	29.0
Active	32.9	38.7	25.8	33.0	33.1	35.0	33.5	30.9	33.7	31.7
P for difference*	0.021			0.673			0.847		0.456
Smoking
Never smoker	72.4	69.6	66.4	77.7	67.6	67.5	69.7	81.8	71.7	66.2
Current smoker	22.0	23.0	24.2	17.4	25.1	23.8	23.1	16.4	21.6	26.9
Former smoker	5.6	7.4	9.4	4.9	7.3	8.8	7.1	1.8	6.7	6.9
P for difference	0.559			0.092			0.121		0.378
Alcohol consumption
Never	92.7	87.8	84.4	89.7	91.1	83.8	89.7	92.7	90.6	86.9
Sometimes/Regularly	7.3	12.3	15.6	10.3	8.9	16.3	10.3	7.3	9.4	13.1
P for difference*	0.012			0.134			0.469		0.182
Fruit consumption
Rarely	19.8	31.4	26.6	20.5	24.0	35.0	23.4	32.7	21.6	34.5
Sometimes	38.3	37.3	36.7	37.5	38.4	35.0	37.7	38.2	36.9	41.4
Regularly	42.0	31.4	36.7	42.0	37.7	30.0	38.9	29.1	41.5	24.1
P for difference*	0.016			0.107			0.212		0.001
Poor sleep quality
No	65.4	58.3	64.8	63.0	62.3	70.0	63.8	58.1	62.1	68.3
Yes	34.6	41.7	35.2	37.1	37.7	30.0	36.2	41.8	37.9	31.7
P for difference*	0.217			0.420			0.409		0.169

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