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Table 3 Prevalence (%) of background variables and independent variables in the groups: control group CH, MH and CHMH

From: Coping strategies among adolescents with chronic headache and mental health problems: a cross-sectional population-based study

 

Control group

CH

CHMH

MH

Sex

 Boy

52.0a

30.4c

31.9c

41.8b

 Girl

48.0a

69.6c

68.1c

58.2b

Grade

 8th grade LSS

17.3a

16.8a,c

10.0b,c

11.9b

 9th grade LSS

15.7a

16.2a

19.0a

15.1a

 10th grade LSS

14.5a

14.1a

13.3a

12.8a

 1st grade USS

24.2a

27.1a,b

29.9a,b

27.8b

 2nd grade USS

16.6a

14.7a

18.0a

18.2a

 3rd grade USS

11.7a

11.0a

10.0a

14.2a

How well off is your family?

 Very good

13.3a

14.5a

11.8a

11.1a

 Good

48.9a

41.7c

27.0b

32.0b

 Medium

31.2a

30.6a

37.9a,b

37.0b

 Not very good

5.4a

9.7b

12.3b

13.6b

 Poorly

1.1a

3.4c

10.9b

6.3b

Lives with both parents

 Yes

69.1a

60.4c

51.2b,c

53.3b

 No

30.9a

39.6c

48.8b,c

46.7b

How stressed are you of school work?

 Not at all

11.5a

7.5b

8.6a,b

7.2b

 A little

47.1a

28.5b

18.6c

23.1b,c

 Pretty much

28.4a

33.9b

22.9a

33.6b

 Very much

13.0a

30.1b

50.0c

36.1b

Nation of origin

 Western country (incl. Norway)

94.9a

93.6a,b

93.9a,b

91.3b

 Asia/Afrika/Latin America

5.1a

6.4a,b

6.1a,b

8.7b

  1. Values in the same row and subtable not sharing the same superscript are significantly different at p < 0.05 in the two-sided test of equality for column proportions. Tests assume equal variances (tests are adjusted for all pairwise comparisons within a row of each innermost subtable using the Bonferroni correction)
  2. LSS lower secondary school, USS upper secondary school