Examination of performance of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale Short Form 10 among African youth in poor, rural households

Table 1 Summary statistics of background characteristics, by country

	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
	Zimbabwe	Zambia	Tanzania	Malawi	Kenya
	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean
Panel A: All youth
Male (%)	0.51	0.53	0.49	0.51	0.59
Age (years)	15.29	14.89	19.29	15.34	18.80
Chronically ill (3+ months in past year) (%)	0.04	0.01	–	0.07	0.06
Enrolled in school or completed secondary (%)	0.68	0.76	0.28	0.67	0.63
Monthly per capita expenditure (local currency)	24.92	42.34	0.08¹	36,855	2503
N	918	1982	1189	2098	651
Age range (years)	13–19	13–17	14–28	13–19	15–25
Panel B: Youth aged 18 and younger
Male (%)	0.50	0.53	0.54	0.51	0.57
Age (years)	15.06	14.89	15.75	15.12	16.54
Chronically ill (3+ months in past year) (%)	0.04	0.01	–	0.07	0.04
Orphan (both parents) (%)	0.43	0.64	–	0.45	0.75
Missing orphan status (%)	0.01	0.02	–	0.02	0.02
Enrolled in school (%)	0.68	0.77	0.45	0.68	0.77
Monthly per capita expenditure (local currency)	24.68	42.34	0.13¹	36,789	2402
N	869	1982	611	1979	341
Age range (years)	13–18	13–17	14–18	13–18	15–18

Samples are taken from baseline surveys of cash transfer evaluations and include youth from poor and vulnerable rural households, with the exception of Kenya for which measures were collected at endline and include only the control group. ¹ In Tanzania, a wealth index was used in place of monthly per capita expenditure, constructed via principle component analysis including household assets, dwelling characteristics. In Tanzania, chronic illness and orphan status were not collected

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