Table 1.

Basic distributions of GHQ ‘caseness’ and all categorical explanatory variables – males and females at each date, with the significance of differences.

	Males					Females
	1987		2006		(Sig of χ2)	1987		2006		(Sig of χ2)
	N	%	N	%		N	%	N	%
GHQ case	41	13.2	280	21.3		59	17.4	550	41.9
Non-case	269	86.8	1035	78.7	.001	280	82.6	762	58.1	<.001
Working parent(s)	260	83.9	1211	92.1		287	84.7	1199	91.4
No working parent	50	16.1	104	7.9	<.001	52	15.3	113	8.6	<.001
Own bedroom	199	64.2	1096	83.3		206	60.8	1053	80.3
Shared bedroom	111	35.8	219	16.7	<.001	133	39.2	259	19.7	<.001
Little/no worry about unemployment	199	64.2	990	75.3		219	64.6	938	71.5
Lot of worry	111	35.8	325	24.7	<.001	120	35.4	374	28.5	.013
With both birth parents	247	79.7	974	74.1		275	81.1	897	68.4
Not with both	63	20.3	341	25.9	.040	64	18.9	415	31.6	<.001
Little/no worry about family relationships	283	91.3	1124	85.5		293	86.4	1051	80.1
Lot of worry	27	8.7	191	14.5	.007	46	13.6	261	19.9	.008
Little/no worry about school	201	64.8	804	61.1		194	57.2	643	49.0
Lot of worry	109	35.2	511	38.9	.228	145	42.8	669	51.0	.007
Religious attendance less than weekly	201	64.8	1078	82.0		184	54.3	1078	82.2
Weekly or more	109	35.2	237	18.0	<.001	155	45.7	234	17.8	<.001
No youth subculture	243	78.4	672	51.1		279	82.3	599	45.7
Mainstream	34	11.0	140	10.6		55	16.2	135	10.3
Alternative	33	10.6	503	38.3	<.001	5	1.5	578	44.1	<.001
Discos/clubs less than weekly	290	93.5	1011	76.9		302	89.1	883	67.3
Weekly or more	20	6.5	304	23.1	<.001	37	10.9	429	32.7	<.001
Computer games less than weekly	185	59.7	300	22.8		305	90.0	921	70.2
Weekly or more	125	40.3	1015	77.2	<.001	34	10.0	391	29.8	<.001
Not obese	287	92.6	1108	84.3		319	94.1	1122	85.5
Obese	23	7.4	207	15.7	<.001	20	5.9	190	14.5	<.001
Little/no worry about weight	294	94.8	1051	79.9		232	68.4	761	58.0
Lot of worry	16	5.2	264	20.1	<.001	107	31.6	551	42.0	<.001
Little/no worry about looks	269	86.8	1046	79.5		267	78.8	764	58.2
Lot of worry	41	13.2	269	20.5	.004	72	21.2	548	41.8	<.001
N	310		1315			339		1312