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Table 2 Health behaviors and mental health status of participants by family structure

From: The association of family structure with health behavior, mental health, and perceived academic achievement among adolescents: a 2018 Korean nationally representative survey

Variables

Two-parent family (n = 55,025)

Single-mother family (n = 1619)

Single-father family (n = 1278)

Restructured family (n = 1174)

p-value

Health behavior

 Conventional cigarette use

No

47,689 (85.9)

1301 (80.1)

992 (77.2)

859 (72.5)

< 0.001

Yes

7336 (14.1)

318 (19.9)

286 (22.8)

315 (27.5)

 Electronic cigarette use

No

51,351 (92.7)

1439 (88.6)

1121 (85.9)

1015 (85.4)

< 0.001

Yes

3674 (7.3)

180 (11.4)

157 (14.1)

159 (14.6)

 Heated tobacco product use

No

53,762 (97.5)

1561 (96.5)

1205 (92.8)

1105 (93.2)

< 0.001

Yes

1263 (2.5)

58 (3.5)

73 (7.2)

69 (6.8)

 Drinking

No

32,854 (58.5)

866 (52.9)

652 (49.0)

481 (39.4)

< 0.001

Yes

22,171 (41.5)

753 (47.1)

626 (51.0)

693 (60.6)

 Drug use

No

54,590 (99.2)

1594 (98.5)

1252 (97.5)

1150 (97.7)

< 0.001

Yes

435 (0.8)

25 (1.5)

26 (2.5)

24 (2.3)

 Internet use (week day)

≤2 h

24,733 (60.7)

580 (51.4)

419 (49.7)

396 (53.2)

< 0.001

> 2 h

16,190 (39.3)

537 (48.6)

408 (50.3)

412 (46.8)

 Physical activity (7 days)

≥72 h

18,293 (32.7)

491 (28.8)

418 (33.1)

383 (32.2)

< 0.001

<  72 h

36,732 (67.3)

1128 (71.2)

860 (66.9)

791 (67.8)

 Obesity

No

47,237 (85.7)

1373 (84.9)

1076 (84.0)

991 (83.7)

0.024

Yes

7788 (14.3)

246 (15.1)

202 (16.0)

183 (16.3)

 Sexual experience

No

52,461 (95.0)

1512 (93.0)

1145 (88.0)

989 (83.3)

< 0.001

Yes

2564 (5.0)

107 (7.0)

133 (12.0)

185 (16.7)

Mental Health

 Depression

No

40,467 (73.4)

1095 (67.7)

882 (69.4)

753 (65.6)

< 0.001

Yes

14,558 (26.6)

524 (32.3)

396 (30.6)

421 (34.4)

 Suicide ideation

No

48,000 (87.2)

1366 (84.1)

1060 (83.0)

915 (78.6)

< 0.001

Yes

7025 (12.8)

253 (15.9)

218 (17.0)

259 (21.4)

 Perceived stress

Average or below-average

32,989 (60.0)

892 (55.2)

704 (55.7)

592 (50.5)

< 0.001

Above average

22,036 (40.0)

727 (44.8)

574 (44.3)

582 (49.5)

 Perceived health

Average or above-average

51,557 (93.5)

1474 (90.6)

1169 (90.8)

1065 (90.0)

< 0.001

Below average

3468 (6.5)

145 (9.4)

109 (9.2)

109 (10.0)

  1. Weighted percentages following complex sample analysis.