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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Adolesc Health. 2013 Jul 23;53(5):648–654. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2013.06.008

Table 1.

Means and standard deviations (SD) of depressive symptoms (by gender) and family support, obligation, and referent values from ages 12 to 22 years.

Depressive Symptoms Supportive Familism Obligation Familism Referent Familism N

Males Females Full Sample Full Sample Full Sample Full Sample
Age 12 14.79 (06.62) 16.40 (10.64) 4.49 (0.42) 4.34 (0.48) 4.15 (0.48) 119
Age 13 16.24 (09.03) 17.72 (11.37) 4.31 (0.64) 4.18 (0.66) 4.06 (0.70) 131
Age 14 14.42 (07.23) 18.98 (10.73) 4.55 (0.54) 4.25 (0.62) 4.10 (0.69) 162
Age 15 14.15 (08.45) 17.76 (10.62) 4.40 (0.70) 4.27 (0.70) 4.03 (0.73) 184
Age 16 14.31 (07.83) 22.19 (11.55) 4.34 (0.68) 4.18 (0.73) 4.00 (0.71) 57
Age 17 15.13 (10.01) 15.84 (10.24) 4.38 (0.57) 4.22 (0.55) 4.00 (0.63) 90
Age 18 11.47 (07.57) 16.50 (11.39) 4.35 (0.56) 4.09 (0.54) 3.91 (0.53) 136
Age 19 13.05 (08.15) 14.94 (08.98) 4.56 (0.41) 4.31 (0.52) 4.04 (0.59) 134
Age 20 11.11 (07.47) 13.08 (09.81) 4.48 (0.49) 4.23 (0.48) 3.99 (0.62) 114
Age 21 11.13 (08.87) 14.67 (09.32) 4.52 (0.42) 4.28 (0.50) 4.03 (0.65) 80
Age 22 10.79 (08.50) 16.19 (12.52) 4.41 (0.52) 4.07 (0.63) 4.00 (0.60) 60

Note. Discrete age was used to describe the sample, such that individuals ranging from 12 – 12.99 were considered 12 years old, 13 – 13.99 were considered 13 years old, etc. Sample size (N) reflects the number of individuals providing data on depressive symptoms at each age.