Table 1.
Characteristics and earthquake exposure among adolescent survivors three years after the Wenchuan earthquake (n = 4604)
| Variable | N (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | ||
| Age (year) | Mean (SD) | 15.0 (1.84) |
| Gender | Male | 2617 (56.8) |
| Female | 1987 (43.2) | |
| The ethnic group | The Han ethnic group | 4584 (99.6) |
| All others a | 20 (0.4) | |
| Grade | Junior | 1981 (43.0) |
| Senior | 2623 (57.0) | |
| Only-child | 3647 (79.2) | |
| Had ever been a student cadre | 1206 (26.2) | |
| Took exercise frequently | 3337 (72.5) | |
| Earthquake exposure experience | ||
| Being buried | 131 (2.8) | |
| Being injured | 403 (8.8) | |
| Being handicapped | 56 (1.2) | |
| Deaths, of | ||
| family members | 354 (7.7) | |
| relatives or friends | 1447 (31.4) | |
| classmates or teachers | 1272 (27.6) | |
| Handicaps, of | ||
| family members | 146 (3.2) | |
| relative or friends | 548 (11.9) | |
| classmates or teachers | 988 (21.5) | |
| Loss of house and property | Mildly | 823 (17.9) |
| Moderately | 1323 (28.7) | |
| Severely | 2458 (53.4) | |
| Witness, of | 1263 (27.4) | |
| bury in the earthquake | 3341 (72.6) | |
| injury in the earthquake | 2590 (56.3) | |
| death in the earthquake | 1378 (29.9) | |
aAll others: include the Zang, Qiang, Hui ethnic group.