Table 1. Characteristics of children who experienced the 2011 Japan Earthquake and Tsunami.
Items | N = 11639 | |||
Gender | Male | 5939 | (51.0%) | |
Female | 5700 | (49.0%) | ||
Age at the time of the disaster (y) (Mean) | 10.9 | (SD = 2.7) | ||
PTSSC-15 score (Mean) | 20.5 | (SD = 14.5) | ||
PTSSC-15 score at the cut-off value or higher (23 points) | 4956 | (42.6%) | ||
House damage | No | 6986 | (60.0%) | |
Yes | Total collapse | 2243 | (19.3%) | |
Half collapse | 2354 | (20.2%) | ||
Total | 4597 | (39.5%) | ||
Unknown | 56 | (0.5%) | ||
Evacuation experience | No | 8228 | (70.7%) | |
Yes | Currently living in evacuation center | 90 | (0.8%) | |
Used to live in evacuation center | 2845 | (24.4%) | ||
Living in temporary housing | 976 | (8.4%) | ||
Used to live in temporary housing | 51 | (0.4%) | ||
Evacuation experience at least once | 3248 | (27.9%) | ||
Unknown | 163 | (1.4%) | ||
Bereavement experience | No | 9241 | (79.4%) | |
Yes | Father | 71 | (0.6%) | |
Mother | 66 | (0.6%) | ||
Brothers and sisters | 44 | (0.4%) | ||
Grandfather and grandmother | 355 | (3.1%) | ||
Classmates | 1498 | (12.9%) | ||
Teacher in charge | 32 | (0.3%) | ||
Others | 270 | (2.3%) | ||
At least one bereavement experience | 2103 | (18.1%) | ||
Unknown | 295 | (2.5%) |
M, mean; SD, standard deviation; N, number of cases.