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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population

From: Study problems and depressive symptoms in adolescents during the COVID-19 outbreak: poor parent-child relationship as a vulnerability

 

Total

(n = 6435)

Good or normal parent-child relationship (n = 6183)

Poor parent-child relationship

(n = 252)

Sociodemographic and pandemic variables

 Female, n (%)

3231 (50.2)

3114 (50.4)

117 (46.4)

 Age, years

15.6 (1.7)

15.6 (1.7)

15.4 (1.6)

 Economic status, n (%)

  High

651 (10.1)

634 (10.3)

17 (6.7)

  Middle

5348 (83.1)

5168 (83.6)

180 (71.4)

  Low

436 (6.8)

381 (6.2)

55 (21.8)

 Key school, n (%)

2438 (37.9)

2344 (37.9)

94 (37.3)

 Father’s education, n (%)

  Primary school or lower

1195 (18.6)

1137 (18.4)

59 (23.4)

  Middle/high school

4537 (70.5)

4364 (70.6)

173 (68.7)

  College or higher

702 (10.9)

682 (11.0)

20 (7.9)

 Mother’s education, n (%)

  Primary school or lower

1617 (25.1)

1552 (25.1)

65 (25.8)

  Middle/high school

4147 (64.4)

3985 (64.5)

162 (64.3)

  College or higher

671 (10.4)

646 (10.4)

25 (9.9)

 Relatives/friends died or with serious illness, n (%)

374 (5.8)

357 (5.8)

17 (6.7)

 Collective/home quarantine, n (%)

1378 (21.4)

1306 (21.1)

72 (28.6)

 Nervous/anxious about the pandemic, n (%)

3138 (48.8)

3020 (48.8)

118 (46.8)

Depressive symptoms measures

 Total Score for the Children’s Depression Inventory (CDI) (range 0–54)

11.5 (7.7)

11.2 (7.4)

19.9 (9.9)

 CDI ≥ 19, n (%)

1140 (17.7)

1008 (16.3)

132 (52.4)

Study problems

 Having difficulty in studying at home, n (%)

3490 (54.2)

3300 (53.4)

190 (75.4)

 Having difficulty in studying in school, n (%)

2857 (44.4)

2707 (43.8)

150 (59.5)

 Dislike remote learning, n (%)

2967(46.1)

2803 (45.3)

164 (65.1)

 Screen entertainment ≥8 h/day, n (%)

733 (11.4)

692 (11.2)

41 (16.3)

  1. Data are mean (SD) or n (%)