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Table 3 Demographic characteristics of respondents across latent classes

From: A distress-continuum, disorder-threshold model of depression: a mixed-methods, latent class analysis study of slum-dwelling young men in Bangladesh

 

Class 1

Class 2

Class 3

 

Severely distressed

Distressed

Wellness

 

(n = 211)

(n = 329)

(n = 284)

χ2

Education (%)

   

24.16***

 No formal education

15.64

6.69

9.86

 Up to 5th grade

35.07

52.89

52.11

 Higher than 5th grade

49.29

40.43

38.03

Age (%)

   

8.96*

 18–21 years

38.86

27.05

33.80

 22–25 years

30.81

34.35

31.34

 26–29 years

30.33

38.60

34.86

Socioeconomic quintiles (%)

  

17.40**

 Poorest

40.28

29.48

27.11

 Poorer

18.96

19.45

26.06

 Middle

10.90

19.45

16.55

 Richer

11.85

12,16

11.27

 Richest

18.01

19.45

18.93

GHQ-12 Score (mean)

14.16***

10.48***

4.10***

 
  1. * p < 0.1; ** p < 0.05; *** p < 0.01
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