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Table 1 Characteristics and earthquake exposure among adolescent survivors three years after the Wenchuan earthquake (nā€‰=ā€‰4604)

From: Posttraumatic stress disorder and its risk factors among adolescent survivors three years after an 8.0 magnitude earthquake in China

Variable

Ā 

N (%)

Characteristics

Ā Ā 

Age (year)

Mean (SD)

15.0 (1.84)

Gender

Male

2617 (56.8)

Ā 

Female

1987 (43.2)

The ethnic group

The Han ethnic group

4584 (99.6)

Ā 

All others a

20 (0.4)

Grade

Junior

1981 (43.0)

Ā 

Senior

2623 (57.0)

Only-child

3647 (79.2)

Had ever been a student cadre

1206 (26.2)

Took exercise frequently

3337 (72.5)

Earthquake exposure experience

Ā Ā 

Being buried

131 (2.8)

Being injured

403 (8.8)

Being handicapped

56 (1.2)

Deaths, of

Ā Ā 

family members

354 (7.7)

relatives or friends

1447 (31.4)

classmates or teachers

1272 (27.6)

Handicaps, of

Ā Ā 

family members

146 (3.2)

relative or friends

548 (11.9)

classmates or teachers

988 (21.5)

Loss of house and property

Mildly

823 (17.9)

Ā 

Moderately

1323 (28.7)

Ā 

Severely

2458 (53.4)

Witness, of

Ā 

1263 (27.4)

bury in the earthquake

3341 (72.6)

injury in the earthquake

2590 (56.3)

death in the earthquake

1378 (29.9)

  1. aAll others: include the Zang, Qiang, Hui ethnic group.