Table 1.

association of comorbid anxiety and depression with socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents

Variable	Anxiety and depressionabsentn [%]	Anxiety and depression presentn [%]	P-value
Age group (years)
10-20	457 [56.5]	55 [40.7]	0.001
21 and above	352 [43.5]	80 [59.3]
Institution type
Private	660 [81.6]	80 [78.4]	<0.001
Public	149 [18.4]	55 [21.6]
Gender
Male	256 [31.6]	46 [34.1]	0.575
Female	553 [68.4]	89 [65.9]
Marital status
Single	775 [95.8]	127 [94.1]	0.369
Married	34 [4.2]	8 [5.9]
Ethnicity
Yoruba	388 [48.0]	102 [71.8]	<0.001
Igbo	413 [51.0]	36 [25.4]
Hausa	8 [1.0]	4 [2.8]
Religion
Christianity	670 [82.8]	98 [72.6]	0.004
Islam	131 [16.2]	37 [27.4]
Traditional	8 [1.0]	0 [0.0]
Stage
Pre-clinical	476 58.8]	70 [51.9]	0.128
Clinical	333 [41.2]	65 [48.1]
Academic performance
Below average	58 [7.2]	30 [19.9]	<0.001
Average	461 [57.0]	64 [42.4]
Above average	290 [35.8]	57 [37.8]
Source of finance
Parents	762 [94.2]	125 [92.6]	0.602
Other family members	3 [0.4]	1 [0.7]
Self	18 [2.2]	3 [2.2]
Spouse	26 [3.2	6 [4.4]
Average amount spent
≤ one dollar per day	69 [8.5]	31 [23.0]	<0.001
> one dollar per day	740 [91.5]	104 [77.0]
Satisfied with monthly allowance
Yes	554 [68.5]	91 [67.4]	0.804
No	255 [31.5]	44 [32.6]
Parents marital status
Single parent	32 [4.0]	15 [6.5]	0.165
Married	713 [88.1]	206 [88.8]
Divorce/separated	26 [3.2]	4 [1.7]
Widow/widower	38 [4.7]	7 [3.0]
Family type
Monogamy	747 [92.3]	120 [88.9]	0.176
Polygamy	62 [7.7]	15 [11.1]
Fathers educational level
No tertiary education	60 [7.4]	8 [5.9]	0.531
Tertiary education	747 [92.6]	127 [94.1]
Mothers educational level
No tertiary education	81 [89.0]	10 [11.0]	0.342
Tertiary education	728 [85.3]	125 [14.7]