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Table 1 Socio-demographic profile of participants with and without sleep disturbances (n = 3443)

From: Prevalence and correlates of sleep disturbance among adolescents in the eastern seaboard of China

Variable

sleep disturbances

  
 

With (n = 373)

Without (n = 3070)

χ2/t

P

Age (years), mean (SD)

14.63 (1.50)

14.91 (1.60)

3.234

0.001

Sex, n (%)

  

26.599

< 0.001

 Male

150 (8.3)

1668 (91.7)

  

 Female

223 (13.7)

1402 (86.3)

  

GAD, mean (SD)

10.84 (5.99)

2.89 (3.67)

25.034

< 0.001

PSSS, mean (SD)

    

 Family

17.10 (5.97)

22.32 (5.30)

16.165

< 0.001

 Friends

18.46 (5.82)

21.98 (5.11)

11.155

< 0.001

 Significant other

17.48 (5.70)

22.15 (5.06)

15.096

< 0.001

Single-parent households, n (%)

  

14.000

< 0.001

 Yes

58 (16.8)

288 (83.2)

  

 No

315 (10.2)

2782 (89.8)

  

Parental relationship, n (%)

  

133.748

< 0.001

 Harmonious

189 (7.6)

2290 (92.4)

  

 Moderate

138 (16.6)

694 (83.4)

  

 Troubled

46 (34.8)

86 (65.2)

  

Annual household income, n (%)

  

35.889

< 0.001

 Better

79 (9.0)

797 (91.0)

  

 Good

49 (7.1)

643 (92.9)

  

 Fair

223 (12.5)

1563 (87.5)

  

 Poor

22 (24.7)

67 (75.3)

  
  1. SD, standard deviation; GAD, Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7; PSSS, Perceived Social Support Scale.