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Table 1 Demographics and earthquake-related experiences among adolescent survivors of the Yushu earthquake, China

From: Health status of adolescents in the Tibetan plateau area of western China: 6 years after the Yushu earthquake

Variable

N

Percentage

(%)

PCS

MCS

Mean

p

Mean

p

Total

591

-

42.13(7.32)

 

42.04(8.07)

 

Gender

   

0.6531

 

0.1602

 Male

297

50.25

42.26(7.5)

 

42.5(8.12)

 

 Female

294

49.75

41.99(7.14)

 

41.57(8.01)

 

Grade

   

0.0724

 

<0.0001*

1

202

34.18

42.8(7.36)

 

40.28(7.83)

 

2

257

43.49

41.35(6.99)

 

42.2(8.12)

 

3

132

22.34

42.63(7.78)

 

44.39(7.77)

 

Religious belief

   

0.8200

 

0.9621

 Yes

586

99.15

42.12(7.35)

 

42.03(8.08)

 

 No

5

0.85

42.67(2.44)

 

42.21(7.9)

 

Residence

   

0.4415

 

0.4284

 Downtown

72

12.18

42.46(7.79)

 

42.96(7.73)

 

 Country

207

35.03

41.6(7.83)

 

41.56(8.59)

 

 Pasture

312

52.79

42.4(6.85)

 

42.14(7.79)

 

Living with parents

   

0.2408

 

0.0021

 Yes

488

82.57

41.97(7.42)

 

42.5(7.81)

 

 No

103

17.43

42.9(6.82)

 

39.82(8.92)

 

Trapped or in danger

   

<0.0001

 

0.9316

 Yes

219

37.06

39.99(7.18)

 

42.07(8.1)

 

 No

372

62.94

43.39(7.12)

 

42.01(8.07)

 

House damage due to earthquake

   

0.0314

 

0.3900

 Yes

252

42.64

41.38(7.09)

 

42.3(7.93)

 

 No

339

57.36

42.69(7.44)

 

41.84(8.18)

 

Property loss due to earthquake

   

0.1509

 

0.3900

 Yes

222

37.56

41.57(7.42)

 

42.4(7.92)

 

 No

369

62.44

42.46(7.25)

 

41.81(8.16)

 

Fear during the earthquake

   

0.0615

 

0.6183

 No

40

6.77

41.91(8.29)

 

40.99(8.11)

 

 A little

110

18.61

42.88(7.23)

 

41.81(7.58)

 

 Much

127

21.49

42(7.99)

 

41.48(8.17)

 

 Extremely

265

44.84

41.46(6.91)

 

42.35(8.12)

 

 Unclear

49

8.29

44.58(6.6)

 

43.12(8.7)

 

Injury to self due to earthquake

   

0.0002

 

0.5664

 Yes

107

18.1

39.78(7.92)

 

42.44(8.7)

 

 No

484

81.9

42.65(7.08)

 

41.95(7.93)

 

Injury in the family due to earthquake

   

0.0442

 

0.7103

 Yes

165

27.92

41.16(7.02)

 

41.84(8.32)

 

 No

426

72.92

42.51(7.41)

 

42.11(7.98)

 

Death in the family due to earthquake

   

0.5614

 

<0.0001

 Yes

266

45.01

42.32(7.25)

 

40.4(7.66)

 

 No

325

54.99

41.97(7.38)

 

43.38(8.16)

 

Escape training

   

0.0002

 

0.0563

 Yes

318

53.81

43.17(7.03)

 

41.45(8.11)

 

 No

273

46.19

40.92(7.47)

 

42.72(7.99)

 

Psychological counseling

   

0.9913

 

0.0320

 Yes

318

53.81

42.13(7.43)

 

42.7(7.66)

 

 No

273

46.19

42.13(7.43)

 

41.27(8.47)

 
  1. * multiple comparison tests:Grade 1 versus Grade 2: p < 0.05; Grade 1 versus Grade 3: p < 0.05; Grade 2 versus Grade 3: p < 0.05