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Table 1 Characteristics of the adolescents in the RYC study sample

From: Self- and proxy reports of quality of life among adolescents living in residential youth care compared to adolescents in the general population and mental health services

Characteristics

 

n

P

M

SD

Range

Gender

Male

170

    

Female

230

    

Age

Male

  

16.5 y

1.5 y

12.2–19.3

Female

  

16.9 y

1.2 y

13.5–20.2

Ethnic origin

Norwegian

307

78.5

   

1st generation immigrant

54

13.8

   

2nd generation immigrant

23

5.9

   

Unaccompanied minor with asylum in Norway

7

1.8

   

Number of placements (by decision of the child welfare system)

 

364

 

3.34

2.4

1–25

1

69

19

   

2

96

26.4

   

3–5

150

41.2

   

>5

49

13.4

   

Age at first placement (by decision of the child welfare system)

 

392

 

12.5 y

3.9 y

0–17

0–2 years

18

4.6

   

3–5 years

15

3.9

   

6–12 years

98

25

   

13–16 years

233

59.4

   

16–23 years

28

7.1

   

Placement in RYC

Voluntary

171

43.6

   

Involuntary

221

56.43

   

Daytime activities

School

272

69.2

   

Work

15

3.8

   

Work praxis

30

7.5

   

Neither school or work

70

19.5

   

Parental problems

Mother chronic illness

85

22.8

   

Mother mental illness

136

36

   

Mother drug use

36

9.6

   

Father chronic illness

64

17.9

   

Father mental illness

67

19.0

   

Father drug use

43

11.8

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