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Table 2 Potentially traumatic event exposure by gender and age

From: Potentially traumatic events, coping strategies and associations with mental health and well-being measures among conflict-affected youth in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

 

Male

Female

  

Ages 10–12

Ages 13–15

  

Total

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

B

p

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

B

p

Mean (SD)

pTE exposure

2.22

2.31 (SD)

0.43

0.669

1.83

2.62

3.93

0.000***

2.26 (2.1)

 

N (%)

N (%)

OR

p

N (%)

N (%)

OR

p

N (%)

Material deprivation

134 (59.8)

135 (64.3)

1.20

0.339

121 (62.4)

147 (61.5)

0.96

0.854

269 (62.0)

Bodily Injury

45 (20.1)

41 (19.5)

0.97

0.883

28 (14.4)

58 (24.3)

1.90

0.012*

86 (19.8)

Coercion

51 (22.8)

66 (31.4)

1.55

0.043*

34 (17.5)

82 (34.3)

2.46

0.000***

117 (27.0)

Combat

18 (8.0)

18 (8.6)

1.07

0.840

8 (4.1)

27 (11.3)

2.96

0.009***

36 (8.3)

Violence to others

99 (44.2)

85 (40.5)

0.86

0.433

69 (35.6)

115 (48.1)

1.68

0.009***

184 (42.4)

  1. *p<0.05, ***p<0.001 in boldface