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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of participants

From: Validation of the parent version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) to screen mental health problems among school-age children in Mongolia

 

Community sample

Clinical sample

P value

N

%

N

%

Total number

2301

 

429

  

Sex

    

0.001

 Male

1051

51.3

258

60.1

 

 Female

997

48.7

171

39.9

 

 Missing

253

–

0

–

 

Age (Mean/SD)

9.7

0.4

10.4

3.8

< 0.001*

  < 5

0

0

31

7.2

 

 5–9

1569

77.1

174

40.6

 

 10–14

467

22.9

154

35.9

 

 15–19

0

0

70

16.3

 

 Missing

265

 

0

  

Region

    

< 0.001

 Ulaanbaatar

2301

100.0

344

84.5

 

 Outside Ulaanbaatar

–

 

63

15.5

 

 Missing

0

 

22

–

 

Family structure

    

< 0.001

 Two-parent

1644

80.3

303

71.0

 

 One-parent

278

13.6

104

24.4

 

 No parent

126

6.2

20

4.7

 

 Missing

253

–

2

–

 

Maternal education

    

< 0.001

 Lower secondary and less

113

6.0

49

11.8

 

 Upper secondary and more

1786

94.0

367

88.2

 

 Missing

402

–

13

–

 

Household income

    

1.00

 700,000 MNT and less**

708

34.9

149

35.1

 

 700,001 MNT and more**

1319

65.1

276

64.9

 

 Missing

274

–

4

–

 
  1. * t-test was conducted for age of two samples
  2. **MNT Mongolian Tugrik. 700,000 MNT was about 280 USD at the exchange rate in 2017–2019