The association between health literacy and psychosomatic symptoms of adolescents in China: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Participant characteristics in the current study

Items	n (%)	Physical symptoms					Psychological symptoms
Items	n (%)	M	P ₂₅	P ₇₅	χ²/Z	P-value ^a	M	P ₂₅	P ₇₅	χ²/Z	P-value ^a
Gender					−0.188	0.851				−2.625	0.009
Male	10,990 (48.6)	1	0	3			2	0	9
Female	11,638 (51.4)	0	0	4			2	0	9
Grade					−14.091	< 0.001				−10.042	< 0.001
Junior school	11,993 (53.0)	0	0	3			2	0	8
Senior high school	10,635 (47.0)	1	0	4			3	0	10
Registered residence					−1.000	0.317				−2.112	0.035
Rural	10,882 (48.1)	0	0	4			2	0	9
Urban	11,746 (51.9)	0	0	3			2	0	9
Boarding on school days					13.647	< 0.001				10.570	< 0.001
Yes	11,320 (50.0)	1	0	4			3	0	10
No	11,308 (50.0)	0	0	3			1	0	8
Household structure					−5.575	< 0.001				−4.860	< 0.001
Only child	9720 (43.0)	1	0	4			2	0	10
More than one child	12,908 (57.0)	0	0	3			2	0	9
Father’s educational level					−0.626	0.531				−2.298	0.022
< High school degree	13,006 (57.5)	0	0	3			2	0	9
≥ High school degree	9424 (41.6)	0	0	4			2	0	9
No father	198 (0.9)
Mother’s educational level					−1.230	0.219				−2.623	0.009
< High school degree	14,335 (63.4)	0	0	3			2	0	9
≥ High school degree	8105 (35.8)	1	0	4			2	0	9
No mother	188 (0.8)
Self-reported family economy					308.706	< 0.001				355.664	< 0.001
Bad	3240 (14.3)	2	0	6			5	0	15
General	16,345 (72.2)	0	0	3			2	0	8
Good	3043 (13.4)	0	0	3			2	0	9
Support from friends					257.148	< 0.001				444.541	< 0.001
None	599 (2.6)	3	0	13			12	2	24
Few	14,535 (64.2)	1	0	4			2	0	10
Lot	7494 (33.1)	0	0	3			1	0	7

Statistical methods: Mann-Whitney test or Kruskal- Wallis H test. ^a is Bonferroni-adjusted P-value

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