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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the participants (N = 963)

From: Association between parents’ value of children and adolescent depression in China: a multi-informant study

 

Without depressive

symptoms (n = 775)

With depressive

symptoms (n = 188)

p

 

n,%

n,%

Sex (n = 963)

  

0.060

Men (n = 429)

333 (43%)

96 (51.1%)

 

Women (n = 534)

442 (57%)

92 (48.9%)

 

School type (n = 963)

  

0.04*

Junior high school (n = 129)

93 (12%)

36 (19.15%)

 

Senior high school (n = 318)

260 (33.5%)

58 (30.85%)

 

College (n = 516)

422 (54.5%)

94 (50%)

 

Location (n = 963)

  

0.898

City (n = 424)

341 (44%)

83 (44.1%)

 

Town (n = 292)

233 (30.1%)

59 (31.4%)

 

Village (n = 247)

201 (25.9%)

46 (24.5%)

 

Age group

  

0.272

14–17 (n = 447)

353 (45.55%)

94(50%)

 

18–20 (n = 516)

422 (54.45%)

94(50%)

 

Mean Age(SD) (n = 963)

17.80 (1.944)

17.40 (1.99)

0.060

Parent who spent more time taking care of the children in daily life from birth to present (n = 963)

  

0.398

Mother (n = 559)

455 (58.7%)

104 (55.3%)

 

Father (n = 404)

320 (41.3%)

84 (44.7%)

 

Mean Age(SD) (n = 963)

46.08 (4.29)

45.95 (4.78)

0.712

Educational years(n = 963)

9.44 (3.59)

9.66 (3.72)

0.448

  1. Notes: p value: Chi-square test and Mann-Whitney U test. *p < 0.05