Intersections between polyvictimisation and mental health among adolescents in five urban disadvantaged settings: the role of gender

Table 2 Prevalence of mental health indicators and other outcome measures, by gender within each city

Mental health and other outcome measures	Baltimore W%, n			Delhi W%, n			Ibadan W%, n			Johannesburg W%, n			Shanghai W%, n
Mental health and other outcome measures	Male N听=听276	Female N听=听195	P	Male N听=听250	Female N听=听250	P	Male N听=听233	Female N听=听232	P	Male N听=听273	Female N听=听224	P	Male N听=听235	Female N听=听220	P
Poor or fair health	4.1, 11	10.1, 18	<0.001	9.7, 26	15.4, 38	0.31	4.4, 10	3.2, 8	0.16	13.8, 36	11.0, 23	0.30	5.2, 16	16.8, 29	0.08
Posttraumatic stress
鈥僑cores 鈮�13^a	26.5,71	30.6,65	0.46	17.4,30	27.4,75	0.01	27.9,55	22.2,53	0.34	47.6131	58.5134	0.15	22.2,50	30.5,61	<0.001
Depression
鈥僑cores 鈮�11^b	32.4,79	27.3,60	0.06	20.7, 49	14.5, 46	0.21	28.9, 56	40.2, 73	<0.001	37.2106	46.1, 94	0.04	27.1,50	33.5, 74	0.01
Suicide
鈥僑uicidal thoughts	16.0,46	26.9,45	0.04	14.0,33	8.0,22	0.08	23.8,43	19.0,47	0.63	32.7,77	39.3,86	0.19	19.4,29	37.6,63	<0.001
鈥働濒补苍蝉	6.4,24	13.9, 26	0.09	4.0,9	2.7,6	0.11	18.4,34	14.2,34	0.54	19.5,40	24.6,49	0.33	6.0,8	11.2,21	0.01
鈥倾迟迟别尘辫迟蝉	4.8,23	7.4,14	0.07	4.1,8	1.8,5	0.12	18.9,31	14.1,33	0.59	11.9,26	10.1,29	0.20	2.5, 3	6.0,11	<0.001
Alcohol use	N听=听70	N听=听52	听	N听=听9	N听=听1	听	N听=听36	N听=听18	听	N听=听169	N听=听87	听	N听=听142	N听=听97	听
Heavy alcohol use	48.2,35	41.1,20	0.54	4.9, 1	0.0, 0	0.83	61.0, 16	10.8, 2	0.01	55.6,91	38.0, 38	0.04	42.1,67	42.3,37	0.99
Sought mental health services in past 12听months	1.2, 4	2.8,7	0.01	1.6, 3	1.4, 4	0.04	0.8, 1	0.0, 0	0.14	0.2, 1	0.3, 2	0.04	1.8, 3	0.6, 2	0.01

W% weighted percentage, n number of cases, N sample size
^aPosttraumatic stress disorder checklist-civilian version used for diagnosing posttraumatic stress
^bThe short 10-item version of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale. Heavy alcohol use assessed among current drinkers

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