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. 2020 Sep 14;37:53. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2020.37.53.24994

Table 2.

association of psychiatric morbidity with socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents

Variable No Psychiatric morbidityn [%] Psychiatric morbidity presentn [%] P value
Institution type
Private 528 [74.6] 212 [89.8] <0.001
Public 180 [25.4] 24 [10.2]
Gender
Male 241[34.0] 61 [25.9] 0.020
Female 467[66.0] 175[74.2]
Marital status
Single 674 [95.2] 228 [96.6] 0.362
Married 34 [4.8] 8 [3.4]
Ethnicity
Yoruba 387 [54.2] 102 [43.2] 0.013
Igbo 319 [44.7] 130 [55.1]
Hausa 8 [1.1] 4 [1.7]
Religion
Christianity 554 [78.2] 214 [90.7] <0.001
Islam 150 [21.2] 18 [7.6]
Traditional 4 [0.6] 4 [1.7]
Stage
Preclinical 419 [59.3] 127 [53.8] 0.136
Clinical 287 [40.7] 109 [46.2]
Academic performance
Below average 42 [5.9] 30 [12.7] <0.001
Average 373 [52.7] 152 [64.4]
Above average 293 [41.4] 54 [22.9]
Average monthly allowance
≤ One dollar per day 82 [11.6] 18 [7.6] 0.087
>One dollar per day 626 [88.4] 218 [92.4]
Satisfaction with allowance
Yes 513 [72.5] 132 [55.9] <0.001
No 195 [27.5] 104 [44.1]
Parents marital status
Single parent 37 [5.2] 10 [4.2] 0.794
Married 616 [87.0] 206 [87.3]
Divorce/separated/widowed 55 [4.2] 20 [0.0]
Fathers educational level
No tertiary education 37 [5.2] 33 [14.0] <0.001
Tertiary education 671 [94.7] 203 [86.0]
mothers educational level
No tertiary education 55 [7.8] 36 [15.3] 0.001
Tertiary education 653 [95.2] 200 [84.7]