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Table 1 Socio-demographic profile of adolescents aged 10–19 years

From: Predictors of deliberate self-harm among adolescents: Answers from a cross-sectional study on India

Variables

Adolescent boys

Adolescent girls

Sample

Percentage

Sample

Percentage

Age group

 Early adolescents

2084

34.9

1653

17.6

 Late adolescents

3885

65.1

7766

82.5

Current schooling status

 Never attended

190

3.2

639

6.8

 Dropout

1092

18.3

2559

27.2

 Currently attending

4687

78.5

6221

66.1

Working status

 Not working

4377

73.3

7582

80.5

 Working

1592

26.7

1837

19.5

Media exposure

 No exposure

335

5.6

1345

14.3

 Rare

1078

18.1

2539

27.0

 Frequent

4555

76.3

5535

58.8

Internet access

 No

4246

71.1

8673

92.1

 Yes

1723

28.9

746

7.9

Parental abuse

 No

2329

39.0

5885

62.5

 Yes

3480

58.3

3276

34.8

 Parent don't co-reside

160

2.7

258

2.7

Involved in fights

 No

4002

67.0

8011

85.1

 Yes

1967

33.0

1408

15.0

Substance use

 No

4988

83.6

9271

98.4

 Yes

981

16.4

148

1.6

Depressive symptoms

 Minimal/mild

5541

92.8

8105

86.1

 Moderate

255

4.3

621

6.6

 Moderately high/ severe

173

2.9

692

7.4

Caste

 SC/ST

1605

26.9

2241

23.8

 Non-SC/ST

4364

73.1

7178

76.2

Religion

 Hindu

5024

84.2

7234

76.8

 Non-Hindu

945

15.8

2185

23.2

Wealth index

 Poorest

704

11.8

1213

12.9

 Poorer

1193

20.0

1666

17.7

 Middle

1374

23.0

1966

20.9

 Richer

1391

23.3

2315

24.6

 Richest

1308

21.9

2259

24.0

Residence

 Urban

1030

17.3

1625

17.3

 Rural

4939

82.7

7794

82.7

State

 Uttar Pradesh

4069

68.2

6637

70.5

 Bihar

1900

31.8

2782

29.5

 Total

5969

100.0

9419

100.0

  1. SC/ST: Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe