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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants

From: Mental health status among Burmese adolescent students living in boarding houses in Thailand: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics

Total (n = 304)

  

n

(%)

Gender

Male

163

(53.6)

 

Female

141

(46.4)

Age (years)

Median, Range

16

12–18

 

Inter-quartile range

(25%: 15, 75%: 17)

Language

Burmese

208

(68.4)

 

Karen

96

(31.6)

Length of residence in

0–5 months

63

(20.7)

Thailand

6–11 months

19

(6.3)

 

More than 1 year

222

(73.0)

 

Median, Range of years

3

1–18

 

Inter-quartile range of years

(25%: 2, 75%: 6)

Length of residence in

0–5 months

92

(30.3)

boarding houses

6–11 months

21

(6.9)

 

More than 1 year

191

(62.8)

 

Median, Range of years

3

1–11

 

Inter-quartile range of years

(25%: 2, 75%: 5)

Whereabouts of parents

Both parents in Myanmar

191

(62.8)

 

Both parents in Thailand

36

(11.8)

 

Father and mother both dead and mother is in Myanmar

20

(6.6)

 

Father in Thailand, Mother in Myanmar

9

(3.0)

 

Father dead, Mother in Thailand

9

(3.0)

 

Other

39

(12.8)