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Table 7.

Reported gender- and district-dependent behavioral and psychological effects of air pollution

Gender	Yes		No		p-value *	χ²
Gender	N	%	n	%	p-value *	χ²
Feeling sad, depressed and unpleasant during hazy climate
Male	1776	75.6	573	24.4	0.000^a	156.14
Female	1521	91.0	151	9.0	0.000^a	156.14
Haze affecting the daily routine exercise
Male	1890	80.5	459	19.5	0.000^a	123.83
Female	1554	92.9	118	7.1	0.000^a	123.83
Haze affecting routine exercise speed
Male	2164	92.1	185	7.9	0.000^a	63.3
Female	1406	84.1	266	15.9	0.000^a	63.3
Anxiety and depression
Male	1753	74.6	596	25.4	0.1152^b	2.48
Female	1284	76.8	388	23.2	0.1152^b	2.48
Aggression/aggressive behavior
Male	1954	83.2	395	16.8	0.1562^b	2.01
Female	1362	81.5	310	18.5	0.1562^b	2.01
More aggressive in colder days/season
Male	644	27.4	1705	72.6	0.0655^b	3.39
Female	415	24.8	1257	75.2	0.0655^b	3.39
More aggressive in hotter/warmer days/season
Male	1976	84.1	373	15.9	0.000^a	141.32
Female	1141	68.2	531	31.8	0.000^a	141.32
Adverse behavioral effects reported by the respondents across study sites/cities
Dir (L)	6484	81.7	1454	18.3	0.000^a	2767.55
Dir (U)	3107	53.5	2717	46.7
Chitral	1729	59.2	1190	40.8
Swat	6096	88.2	813	11.8
Buner	2383	81.4	543	18.6
Shangla	1041	63.8	590	36.2
Total responses	20,840	74.0	7307	26.0	28,147

^*Bold value represents p-value < 0.05

^ap-value < αaltered (significant after Bonferroni adjustment)

^bp-value > αaltered (non-significant after Bonferroni adjustment)