Table 2 Percentage distribution of deliberate self-harm among adolescents by background characteristics
From: Predictors of deliberate self-harm among adolescents: Answers from a cross-sectional study on India
Background characteristics | Adolescent boys | Adolescent girls | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Deliberate self-harm behavior | p < 0.05 | Deliberate self-harm behavior | p < 0.05 | |
Age group | Â | Â | Â | * |
 Early adolescents | 5.3 |  | 6.1 |  |
 Late adolescents | 4.1 |  | 2.5 |  |
Current schooling status | Â | * | Â | Â |
 Never attended | 6.8 |  | 2.9 |  |
 Dropout | 4.7 |  | 3.2 |  |
 Currently attending | 4.4 |  | 3.2 |  |
Working status | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Not working | 4.4 |  | 3.3 |  |
 Working | 4.9 |  | 2.6 |  |
Media Exposure | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 No exposure | 6.0 |  | 3.2 |  |
 Rare | 3.7 |  | 3.4 |  |
 Frequent | 4.6 |  | 3.1 |  |
Internet access | Â | Â | Â | * |
 No | 4.8 |  | 3.0 |  |
 Yes | 3.9 |  | 5.5 |  |
Parental abuse | Â | * | Â | * |
 No | 2.6 |  | 2.5 |  |
 Yes | 5.9 |  | 4.5 |  |
 Parent don't co-reside | 2.4 |  | 1.6 |  |
Involved in fights | Â | * | Â | * |
 No | 2.7 |  | 2.3 |  |
 Yes | 8.3 |  | 8.0 |  |
Substance use | Â | * | Â | * |
 No | 4.2 |  | 3.1 |  |
 Yes | 6.1 |  | 5.5 |  |
Depressive symptoms | Â | * | Â | * |
 Minimal/mild | 3.8 |  | 2.7 |  |
 Moderate | 12.2 |  | 5.2 |  |
 Moderately high/ severe | 15.1 |  | 6.9 |  |
Caste | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 SC/ST | 4.1 |  | 3.3 |  |
 Non-SC/ST | 4.7 |  | 3.1 |  |
Religion | Â | * | Â | * |
 Hindu | 4.3 |  | 2.8 |  |
 Non-Hindu | 5.9 |  | 4.3 |  |
Wealth index | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Poorest | 6.1 |  | 2.3 |  |
 Poorer | 3.7 |  | 3.4 |  |
 Middle | 4.2 |  | 3.0 |  |
 Richer | 4.2 |  | 3.3 |  |
 Richest | 5.1 |  | 3.4 |  |
Residence | Â | Â | Â | * |
 Urban | 4.7 |  | 4.2 |  |
 Rural | 4.5 |  | 2.9 |  |
State | Â | * | Â | * |
 Uttar Pradesh | 4.7 |  | 3.4 |  |
 Bihar | 4.2 |  | 2.6 |  |
Total | 4.5 | Â | 3.2 | Â |