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. 2012 Jun 30;14(6):371–375.

Table 1. Frequency distribution (%) of five domains of SDQ based on sex and age groups of youth population.

Boys No. (%) Girls No. (%)
Age (Year) 6-10 11-13 14-18 6-10 11-13 14-18
Emotional Normal 246 (67.6) 170 (65.5) 251 (68.2) 232 (67.4) 156 (67.2) 217 (55.6)
Borderline 46 (12.6) 25 (9.7) 39 (10.6) 29 (8.4) 15 (6.5) 51 (13.1)
Abnormal 72 (19.8) 64 (24.7) 78 (21.2) 83 (24.1) 61 (26.3) 122 (31.3)
P-value 0.517 0.003
Conduct Normal 158 (43.4) 105 (40.9) 169 (45.4) 190 (56.2) 137 (58.5) 207 (53.6)
Borderline 52 (14.3) 42 (16.3) 57 (15.3) 47 (13.9) 30 (12.8) 61 (15.8)
Abnormal 154 (42.3) 110 (42.8) 146 (39.2) 101 (29.9) 67 (2 8.6) 118 (30.6)
P-value 0.779 0.768
Hyperactivity Normal 191 (52.5) 151 (58.5) 233 (63.8) 214 (63.1) 169 (72.8) 276 (71.7)
Borderline 56 (15.4) 29 (11.2) 47 (12.9) 44 (13.0) 23 (9.9) 50 (13.0)
Abnormal 117 (32.1) 78 (30.2) 85 (23.3) 81 (23.9) 40 (17.2) 29 (15.3)
P-value 0.021 0.023
Peer Normal 204 (56.0) 146 (58.2) 216 (59.3) 188 (54.8) 135 (58.2) 230 (59.6)
Borderline 54 (14.8) 36 (14.3) 66 (18.1) 52 (15.2) 30 (12.9) 73 (18.9)
Abnormal 106 (29.1) 69 (27.5) 82 (22.5) 103 (30.0) 67 (28.9) 83 (21.5)
P-value 0.254 0.04
Total Normal 171 (48.0) 119 (49.6) 194 (56.1) 195 (58.9) 137 (61.2) 225 (61.8)
Borderline 73 (20.5) 45 (18.8) 66 (19.1) 45 (13.6) 31 (13.8) 47 (12.9)
Abnormal 112 (31.5) 76 (31.7) 86 (24.9) 91 (27.5) 56 (25.0) 92 (25.3)
P-value p-value 0.195 0.938
proSocial Normal 315 (86.8) 222 (85.7) 312 (84.3) 309 (91.2) 218 (92.8) 352 (89.8)
Borderline 26 (7.2) 18 (6.9) 25 (6.8) 18 (5.3) 10 (4.3) 21 (5.4)
Abnormal 22 (6.1) 19 (7.3) 33 (8.9) 12 (3.5) 7 (3.0) 19 (4.8)
P-value 0.701 0.724
Impact Normal 78 (56.9) 44 (44.4) 70 (42.7) 83 (59.7) 44 (52.4) 62 (40.0)
Borderline 24 (17.5) 13 (13.2) 26 (15.9) 26 (18.7) 16 (19.0) 26 (16.8)
Abnormal 35 (25.5) 42 (42.4) 68 (41.5) 30 (21.6) 24 (28.6) 67 (43.2)
P-value 0.029 0.02