Self-rated mental health and socio-economic background: a study of adolescents in Sweden

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Characteristics of respondents, distribution of self-rated mental health, family affluence scale, parents marital status, migration

		Younger age group					Older age group
Characteristics	Variable	Boys (n = 207)		Girls (n = 207)			Boys (n = 232)		Girls (n = 199)
		Mean	SD	Mean	SD	p value	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	p value
Self-rated mental health		4.17	0.49	4.0	0.59	0.02	4.01	0.57	3.81	0.56	<0.001
		n	%	n	%	p value	n	%	n	%	p value
Family affluence scale (FAS)
Does your family own a car?	No to one car	108	52.2	115	55.6	0.116	117	50.4	104	52.3	0.705
	Two and more	99	47.8	92	44.4		115	49.6	95	47.7
Do you have your own bedroom for yourself?	No	30	14.5	28	13.5	0.777	19	8.2	24	12.1	0.181
	Yes	177	85.5	179	86.5		213	91.8	175	87.9
During the past 12 months, how many times	Not at all to once	106	51.2	106	51.2	0.999	131	56.5	112	56.3	0.969
did you travel away on holiday with your family?	Twice to more than twice	101	48.8	101	48.8		101	43.5	87	43.7
How many computers does	None to one	22	10.6	24	11.6	0.754	15	6.5	12	6.0	0.852
your family own?	Two to more than two	185	89.4	183	88.4		217	93.5	187	94.0
FAS score	Low (FAS 0–5)	63	28.3	70	32.3	0.385	50	20.4	54	25.2	0.483
	Medium (FAS 6–7)	93	41.7	91	41.9		129	52.7	105	49.1
	High (FAS 8–9)	67	30.0	56	25.8		66	26.9	55	25.7
Marital status	Not divorced parents	159	68.7	156	68.7	0.666	168	67.5	152	69.1	0.733
	Divorced parents	69	30.3	71	31.3		81	32.5	68	30.9
Migration parents place at birth	No parents born abroad	149	63.4	144	62.3	0.391	157	62.5	145	65.0	0.483
	Parents born abroad	86	36.6	87	37.7		94	37.5	78	35.0

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