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Table 1 Household and adolescent demographics

From: Adolescent mental health in post-conflict communities: results from a cross-sectional survey in Northern Uganda

Demographic value

Total

Ayami

Aromo

Agweng

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Age

14–15

189 (61.76%)

48 (66.66%)

81 (57.45%)

60 (64.51%)

16–17

117 (38.24%)

24 (33.33%)

60 (42.56%)

33 (35.49%)

Gender

Male

139 (45.42%)

34 (47.22%)

57 (40.43%)

48 (51.61%)

Female

167 (54.58%)

38 (52.78%)

84 (59.57%)

45 (48.39%)

Attending school

Yes

268 (87.58%)

67 (93.06%)

124 (87.94%)

77 (82.80%)

No

38 (12.42%)

5 (6.94%)

17 (12.06%)

16 (17.20%)

Type of school

Government school

230(85.82%)

59 (88.06%)

102 (82.26%)

69 (89.61%)

Private school

36 (13.43%)

6 (8.96%)

22 (17.74%)

8 (10.39%)

Other (e.g. religious/vocational/technical school)

2 (0.74%)

2 (2.98%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

Housing type

Temporary building

148 (49.35%)

82 (55.56%)

71 (48.23%)

68 (46.24%)

Semi-permanent (Mud hut or non-fired brick)

66 (22.22%)

19 (20.83%)

15 (23.40%)

14 (21.51%)

Permanent housing (Fired brick or concrete with iron sheets)

84 (28.10%)

19 (23.61%)

24 (27.66%)

27 (32.26%)

Other

2 (0.33%)

0 (0.00%)

2 (0.71%)

0 (0.00%)

Number of people sleeping in same room

Sleeps alone

85(27.45%)

9 (12.50%)

46 (32.62%)

29 (31.18%)

2 people

130 (42.48%)

39 (54.17%)

50 (35.46%)

41 (44.09%)

3 people

59 (19.28%)

13 (18.06%)

32 (22.70%)

14 (15.05%)

4 or more people

33 (10.78%)

11 (15.28%)

13 (9.22%)

9 (9.68%)

Primary sources of food

Own garden/fields

228 (76.14%)

174 (76.39%)

171 (75.18%)

176 (77.42%)

Purchased at market

70 (23.53%)

16 (23.61%)

17 (24.82%)

15 (21.51%)

Humanitarian aid

2 (0.33%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

1 (1.08%)

Diet

Starch (posho, rice, cassava)

253 (84.53%)

189 (74.77%)

225 (89.12%)

218 86.45%

Protein 1 (beans)

287 (95.97%)

276 (96.40%)

275 (95.92%)

274 (95.79%)

Protein 2 (chicken, beef)

22 (7.63%)

3 (15.32%)

1 (4.08%)

2 (6.07%)

Greens

172 (57.63%)

79 (45.95%)

98 (57.14%)

110 (64.02%)

Fruits

57 (19.07%)

4 (8.11%)

12 (21.09%)

13 (23.36%)

Primary caretaker

Mother

197 (64.38%)

60 (83.33%)

93 (65.96%)

44 (47.31%)

Father

96 (31.37%)

11 (3.59%)

38 (26.95%)

47 (50.54%)

Other (e.g. brother/sister, grandparent, aunt/uncle)

12 (4.25%)

1 (1.39%)

9 (7.09%)

2 (2.16%)

Household religion

Anglican

104 (33.99%)

29 (40.28%)

49 (34.75%)

26 (27.96%)

Roman Catholic

113 (36.93%)

12 (16.67%)

55 (39.01%)

46 (49.46%)

Pentecostal

84 (27.45%)

38 (38.89%)

37 (26.24%)

19 (20.43%)

Muslim

3 (0.98%)

3 (4.17%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)