Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics and comparisons of total difficulties (n = 895)
Sociodemographic Variables | N (%) | Total difficulties | X2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Normal(n = 614) | Borderline(n = 204) | Abnormal(n = 77) |  | ||
Gender | |||||
 Boy | 411(45.92) | 260(63.26) | 106(25.79) | 45(10.95) | 11.019** |
 Girl | 484(54.08) | 354(73.14) | 98(20.25) | 32(6.61) |  |
Age | |||||
  ≤ 15 | 313(35.00) | 239(76.36) | 56(17.89) | 18(5.75) | 13.846*** |
  > 15 | 582(65.00) | 375(64.43) | 148(25.43) | 59(10.14) |  |
Left-behind children | |||||
 Yes | 137(15.31) | 80(58.39) | 40(29.20) | 17(12.41) | 8.091* |
 No | 758(84.69) | 534(70.45) | 164(21.64) | 60(7.91) |  |
Family type | |||||
 Small family or Big family | 675(75.42) | 482(71.41) | 144(21.33) | 49(7.26) | 11.480** |
 Single family or other | 220(24.58) | 132(60.00) | 60(27.27) | 28(12.73) |  |
Family income | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.500 |
  ≤ 3000 | 380(42.46) | 261(68.68) | 89(23.42) | 30(7.90) |  |
  > 3000 | 515(57.54) | 353(68.54) | 115(22.33) | 47(9.13) |  |