Table 3.

Mann–Whitney U test of significant mean difference of Mental Health between the categories of binary explanatory variables

		Mann–Whitney U Test
Variables	Categories	Mean	Std. Deviation	Minimum	Maximum	Test statistics	P value
School type	Private	0.5885	0.15109	0.17	0.88	16,899	0.594
	Government	0.5948	0.13159	0.08	1
Gender	Girl	0.5766	0.13865	0.08	1	17,337	0.017
	Boy	0.6098	0.13551	0.17	1
Religion	Hindu	0.5628	0.15697	0.08	0.88	9796	0.106
	Muslim	0.5988	0.13327	0.17	1
Early childhood disease	No	0.6254	0.12995	0.29	1	15,134	0.00
	Yes	0.5668	0.13891	0.08	1
Child’s delivery by caesarean section	No	0.6023	0.12813	0.25	1	18,638	0.210
	Yes	0.5828	0.14730	0.08	1
Premature birth	No	0.6080	0.13097	0.08	1	15,390	0.004
	Yes	0.5660	0.14613	0.17	1
Are you currently using any family planning method	No	0.5700	0.15863	0.08	0.88	14,237.5	0.271
	Yes	0.6007	0.12941	0.25	1
Type of place of resident	Rural	0.5882	0.12374	0.17	0.88	18,366.5	0.363
	Urban	0.5960	0.14707	0.08	1
Family type	Nuclear family	0.5874	0.1446	0.08	1	19,433	0.625
	Joint family	0.5991	0.13014	0.17	1
Mother’s poor nutrition during pregnancy	No	0.5761	0.13521	0.08	1	17,192	0.013
	Yes	0.6111	0.13896	0.17	1
Psychological stress during pregnancy	No	0.5795	0.13373	0.08	1	15,066.5	0.011
	Yes	0.6196	0.14290	0.25	1
Have taken drug related to calcium during pregnancy	No	0.5819	0.13216	0.17	.92	17,343	0.252
	Yes	0.5991	0.14104	0.08	1