Table 1 Baseline characteristics among adolescents in Pakistan
Characteristics | Anxiousness | Suicidal ideation | Physical fight | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No%(n)** | Yes %(n)** | p-value | No%(n)** | Yes %(n)** | p-value | No%(n)** | Yes %(n)** | p-value | ||
*Unhealthy behavior | ||||||||||
No | 31.6(1399) | 28.2(115) | <0.001 | 31.9(1427) | 24.9(87) | <0.001 | 32.6(945) | 29.2(569) | <0.001 | |
One | 40.1(1652) | 31.7(118) | 39.9(1654) | 33.2(116) | 39.5(1046) | 39.2(724) | ||||
Two | 21.6(859) | 28.4(104) | 21.9(882) | 25.2(81) | 22.5(568) | 21.5(395) | ||||
Three | 5.6(235) | 9.4(39) | 5.3(236) | 12.9(38) | 4.7(129) | 7.8(145) | ||||
Four or more | 1.1(52) | 2.4(10) | 1.0(49) | 3.9(13) | 0.6(20) | 2.2(42) | ||||
Gender | ||||||||||
Male | 61.2(3161) | 57.5(272) | 0.472 | 60.8(3184) | 61.8(249) | 0.779 | 51.8(1831) | 76.1(1602) | <0.001 | |
Female | 38.8(1036) | 42.5(114) | 39.2(1064) | 38.2(86) | 48.2(877) | 23.9(273) | ||||
Age (years) | ||||||||||
≤14 | 61.6(2517) | 53.8(208) | 0.009 | 61.2(2535) | 57.5(190) | 0.223 | 62.0(1606) | 59.3(1119) | 0.332 | |
≥15 | 38.4(1680) | 46.2(178) | 38.8(1713) | 42.5(145) | 38.0(1102) | 40.7(756) | ||||
Body Mass Index | ||||||||||
Normal weight | 84.0(3568) | 82.0(320) | 0.289 | 84.0(3610) | 82.0(278) | 0.412 | 83.6(2283) | 84.2(1605) | 0.619 | |
Over weight | 16.0(629) | 18.0(66) | 16.0(638) | 18.0(57) | 16.4(425) | 15.8(270) | ||||
Socio Economic Status (SES) | ||||||||||
Average | 82.5(3443) | 67.3(259) | <0.001 | 81.6(3444) | 77.1(258) | 0.079 | 83.2(2228) | 78.0(1474) | 0.022 | |
Below Average | 17.5(754) | 32.7(127) | 18.4(804) | 22.9(77) | 16.8(480) | 22.0(401) | ||||
Close friends | ||||||||||
No | 7.3(288) | 11.2(45) | 0.008 | 7.2(288) | 13.0(45) | 0.004 | 8.1(209) | 7.0(124) | 0.141 | |
Yes | 92.7(3909) | 88.8(341) | 92.8(3960) | 87.0(290) | 91.9(2499) | 93.0(1751) | ||||
Parental check | ||||||||||
No | 49.6(2107) | 49.4(191) | 0.951 | 49.3(2113) | 53.5(185) | 0.254 | 48.4(1329) | 51.5(969) | 0.173 | |
Yes | 50.4(2090) | 50.6(195) | 50.7(2135) | 46.5(150) | 51.6(1379) | 48.5(906) | ||||
Parental understanding | ||||||||||
No | 44.5(1933) | 49.7(194) | 0.222 | 44.1(1934) | 55.2(193) | <0.001 | 41.7(1174) | 50.2(953) | <0.001 | |
Yes | 55.5(2264) | 50.3(192) | 55.9(2314) | 44.8(142) | 58.3(1534) | 49.8(922) | ||||