Prevalence and socio-demographic correlates of psychological health problems in Chinese adolescents during the outbreak of COVID-19

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Published online 2020 May 3. doi: 10.1007/s00787-020-01541-4

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Table 1

Socio-demographic characteristics and association with depressive and anxiety symptoms (N=8079)

Variables	n	%	Depressive symptoms			Anxiety symptoms
			n	%	P	n	%	P
Gender					0.001			0.038
Male	3753	46.5	1566	41.7		1358	36.2
Female	4326	53.5	1967	45.5		1662	38.4
Region					<0.001			<0.001
City	3103	38.4	1169	37.7		1009	32.5
Rural area	4976	61.6	2364	47.5		2011	40.4
Grade					<0.001			<0.001
Junior grade one	625	7.8	200	32.0		177	28.3
Junior grade two	2248	27.9	820	36.5		756	33.6
Junior grade three	882	10.9	404	45.8		347	39.3
Senior grade one	2220	27.6	1,000	45.0		801	36.1
Senior grade two	1486	18.4	739	49.7		610	41.0
Senior grade three	596	7.4	357	59.9		317	53.2