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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the participants

From: Migrant adolescents’ behavioral problems compared to host adolescents and adolescents in their region of origin: a longitudinal study

 

W1

  

W2

  

Migrant Adolescents

Host Adolescents

Adolescents in the region of origin

  

Migrant Adolescents

Host Adolescents

Adolescents in the region of origin

  

Variable

N = 1544(%)

N = 1718(%)

N = 1543(%)

F2

p

N = 748(%)

N = 553(%)

N = 434(%)

F2

p

Age, mean (SD)

14.44 ± 1.14

13.56 ± 1.33

13.98 ± 1.47

179.30

< 0.001

15.49 ± 0.78

14.71 ± 0.72

14.97 ± 0.73

180.38

< 0.001

Gender

 Male

744 (48.19)

839 (48.84)

688 (44.59)

6.66

0.036

370 (49.47)

266 (48.10)

186 (42.86)

4.98

0.083

 Female

800 (51.81)

879 (51.16)

855 (55.41)

  

378 (50.53)

287 (51.90)

248 (57.14)

  

Parents’ highest education

 primary school

836 (54.15)

582 (33.88)

700 (45.37)

137.05

< 0.001

363 (48.53)

244 (44.12)

190 (43.78)

3.57

0.168

 Middle school and above

708 (45.85)

1136 (66.12)

843 (54.63)

  

385 (51.47)

309 (55.88)

244 (56.22)

  

Family income sources

 Farming

650 (42.10)

896 (52.15)

974 (63.12)

136.88

< 0.001

128 (17.11)

261 (47.20)

337 (77.65)

423.17

< 0.001

 Working outside the home

894 (57.90)

822 (47.85)

569 (36.88)

  

620 (82.89)

292 (52.80)

97 (22.35)