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Table 1 Related factors of adolescent high depressive symptomatology in Hubei province

From: Psycho-social factors associated with high depressive symptomatology in female adolescents and gender difference in adolescent depression: an epidemiological survey in China’s Hubei Province

Correlates

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

High depressive symptomatology (N = 1393)

Low Depressive symptomatology (N = 2707)

P

Adjusted OR (95%CI)

P

Rural areas, N (%)

626 (44.9)

1298 (47.9)

0.067

1.065 (0.900 ~ 1.259)

0.464

Age, y (IQR)

14 (13 ~ 14)

13 (13 ~ 14)

<  0.001*

1.150 (1.062 ~ 1.260)

0.001*

Female, N (%)

690 (49.5)

1084 (40.0)

<  0.001*

1.444 (1.260 ~ 1.655)

<  0.001*

Boarding status, N (%)

443 (31.8)

894 (33.3)

0.429

  

Key class, N (%)

645 (46.3)

1127 (41.6)

0.004*

1.128 (0.980 ~ 1.299)

0.093

Three generational household, N (%)

1070 (76.8)

2096 (77.4)

0.656

  

Single parent family, N (%)

221 (14.4)

228 (8.4)

<  0.001*

1.870 (1.524 ~ 2.294)

<  0.001*

Current caregivers, N (%)

  

0.797

  

 Parents

1160 (83.3)

2233 (82.5)

   

 Grandparents

203 (14.6)

416 (15.4)

   

 Other relatives

30 (2.2)

58 (2.1)

   

Sibling children, N (%)

769 (55.2)

1512 (55.9)

0.691

  

Left behind types, N (%)

  

0.109

  

 Un-left-behind

933 (67.0)

1896 (70.0)

   

 Father absent

94 (6.7)

149 (5.5)

   

 Mother absent

42 (3.0)

62 (2.30

   

 Both absent

324 (23.3)

600 (22.2)

   

Father’s education level, N (%)

  

0.265

  

 Primary School and Below

140 (10.1)

236 (8.7)

   

 Junior middle school

427 (32.1)

915 (33.8)

   

 Senior middle school

362 (26.0)

738 (27.3)

   

 College degree and above

444 (31.9)

818 (30.2)

   

Mother’s education level, N (%)

  

0.665

  

 Primary School and Below

264 (19.0)

514 (19.0)

   

 Junior middle school

387 (27.8)

800 (29.6)

   

 Senior middle school

352 (25.3)

662 (24.5)

   

 College degree and above

390 (28.0)

731 (27.0)

   

Physical activity, N (%)

242 (17.4)

650 (24.0)

<  0.001*

0.678 (0.572 ~ 0.804)

<  0.001*

Birth order, N (%)

  

0.414

  

 Only children

624 (44.8)

1195 (44.1)

   

 Eldest children

375 (26.9)

683 (25.2)

   

 Middle children

116 (8.3)

250 (9.2)

   

 Youngest children

278 (20.0)

579 (21.4)

   

Having younger brother(s), N (%)

373 (26.8)

593 (25.6)

0.416

  

Having younger sister(s), N (%)

209 (15.0)

384 (14.2)

0.481

  

Having elder brother(s), N (%)

205 (14.7)

395 (14.6)

0.915

  

Having elder sister(s), N (%)

268 (19.2)

583 (21.5)

0.086

1.014 (0.856 ~ 1.202)

0.869

  1. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval
  2. *Statistically significant at p <  0.05 level, two-sided