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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of participants

From: Psychological distress in adolescents: prevalence and its relation to high-risk behaviors among secondary school students in Mbarara Municipality, Uganda

Variable

Normal

Mild distress

Moderate distress

Severe distress

Total

n (column %)

n (column %)

n (column %)

n (column %)

N = 906 (column %)

n = 390

n = 223

n = 163

n = 130

 

Age

Below 18 years

228 (64.4)

115 (56.7)

79 (53.4)

60 (54.0)

482 (59.1)

18 years and above

126 (35.6)

88 (43.3)

69 (46.6)

51 (46.0)

334 (40.9)

Gender

Female

184 (47.3)

94 (42.5)

78 (48.2)

62 (48.1)

418 (46.4)

Male

205 (52.7)

127 (57.5)

84 (51.8)

67 (51.9)

483 (53.6)

Type of student

Boarding

280 (73.5)

169 (77.2)

132 (83.5)

92 (71.3)

673 (75.9)

Day

101 (26.5)

50 (22.8)

26 (16.5)

37 (28.7)

214 (24.1)

Type of school

Private

211 (54.1)

123 (55.2)

93 (57.1)

71 (54.6)

498 (55.0)

Public

179 (45.9)

100 (44.8)

70 (42.9)

59 (45.4)

408 (45.0)

Mixed (both sexes)

320 (82.0)

195 (87.4)

150 (92.0)

121 (93.0)

786 (86.7)

Single-sex

70 (18.0)

28 (12.6)

13 (8.0)

9 (7.0)

120 (13.3)

Residence

Urban/town

220 (60.6)

111 (54.4)

88 (59.1)

59 (48.8)

478 (57.1)

Sub-urban

143 (39.4)

93 (45.6)

61 (40.9)

62 (51.2)

359 (42.9)

Religion

Catholic

123 (31.9)

79 (35.4)

72 (44.4)

56 (43.4)

330 (36.7)

Moslem

38 (9.9)

25 (11.2)

15 (9.3)

6 (4.7)

84 (9.3)

Protestant

80 (20.8)

44 (19.7)

25 (15.4)

23 (17.8)

172 (19.1)

Pentecostal

89 (23.1)

45 (20.2)

34 (21.0)

32 (24.8)

200 (22.3)

Other

55 (14.3)

30 (13.5)

16 (9.9)

12 (9.3)

113 (12.6)

Family type

Both parent alive

326 (84.9)

179 (81.4)

125 (77.2)

98 (77.2)

728 (81.5)

One parent alive

47 (12.2)

34 (15.5)

29 (17.9)

24 (18.9)

134 (15.0)

Orphan

11 (2.9)

7 (3.2)

8 (4.9)

5 (3.9)

31 (3.5)

Parents’ marital status

Married/cohabiting

315 (86.5)

179 (87.3)

128 (85.9)

112 (88.9)

734 (87.0)110

Separated/widowed

49 (13.5)

26 (12.7)

21 (14.1)

14 (11.1)

(13.0)

Guardian/caretaker

Parents

339 (92.1)

195 (91.6)

139 (90.8)

113 (90.4)

786 (91.5)

Others

29 (7.9)

18 (8.4)

14 (9.2)

12 (9.6)

73 (8.5)