Table 3 Similarity and differences in indices of family consistency and stability between the two categories of adolescents in institutional care in Nigeria

Current care-giver*

 At least one parent involved Vs. No parent involved

53 (34)

8 (17)

2.3 (1.04 – 5.55)

4.4

0.03

Early childhood care-giver

 Both parents Vs. Others

88 (56)

20 (36)

1.7 (1.16 - 4.45)

5.3

0.02

Lifetime number of different people that participant had lived with (other than parents)

 None Vs. At least one

62(39)

12 (26)

1.8 (0.88 – 3.80)

2.8

0.07

Mean number of different people that participant had lived with

3.5 ± 0.5

4.8 ± 0.3

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7.7**

0.002

Lifetime number of persons that mother had cohabited with (other than participant’s father)

 None Vs. At least one

86 (54)

22 (48)

1.30 (0.64 – 2.53)

2.6

0.61

Mean number of persons that mother had cohabited with (other than participant’s father)

2.7 ± 0.3

4.0 ± 1.0

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9.5**

0.001

Witness of physical fight among parents or guardian in the previous year

Yes Vs. No

34 (22)

34 (70)

0.12 (0.06 – 0.25)

37.5

<0.001

Having been beaten by a parent or guardian to the point of serious bodily injury in the previous year*

Yes Vs. No

85 (54)

23 (50)

1.2 (0.67 – 1.77)

0.2

0.89

Regular witness to use of alcohol or other substance by at least one parent or guardian in the last 1 year

Yes Vs. No

58 (37)

12 (26)

1.64 (0.78 – 3.42)

1.7

0.18