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Table 2 Background demographic characteristics for women and men

From: Associations between depressive symptoms, sexual behaviour and relationship characteristics: a prospective cohort study of young women and men in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

 

WOMEN (n = 1294)

MEN (n = 1288)

 

Depressed mood

Mean (min-max)

Count (%)

No depressed mood

Mean (min-max)

Count (%)

p value

Depressed mood

Mean (min-max)

Count (%)

No depressed mood

Mean (min-max)

Count (%)

p value

Age

18 (15-23)

18 (15-26)

0.741

19 (15-23)

19 (15-26)

0.200

Educated up to grade 10

245 (89%)

868 (85%)

0.046

155 (88%)

966 (86%)

0.545

Alcohol use problem

19 (6%)

27 (2%)

0.001

72 (41%)

265 (23%)

0.000

Socio-economic status score

-0.24 (-3.06, 3.84)

.03 (-3.06, 3.84)

0.005

-0.08 (-2.91, 3.52)

0.01(-2.91, 3.52)

0.455

Experience of adverse childhood

0.47 (-1.28, 4.19)

-0.07 (-1.28, 6.34)

0.000

0.61(-1.29, 9.41)

-0.10 (-1.29, 5.41)

0.000

Age at first sex

15 (8-21)

15 (6-22)

0.431

14 (7-19)

14 (5-23)

0.188

Ever used a condom

179 (65%)

624 (61%)

0.249

113 (65%)

726 (65%)

0.994

Ever been pregnant

69 (25%)

222 (21%)

0.215

37 (21%)

171 (15%)

0.078