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Table 1 Sample characteristics

From: A school based study of psychological disturbance in children following the Omagh bomb

Characteristic

Mean

SD

Proportion

Age (Mean)

11.4

1.44

 

IES (Mean)

15.65

9.73

 

BDS (Mean)

8.67

5.22

 

SCAS (Mean)

27.42

17.26

 

Gender

   

 Male

  

48.7

 Female

  

51.3

Previous psychological treatment (yes)

  

2.9

Physically injured (yes)

  

1.2

Perceived life threat (yes)

  

1.5

Witnessed serious injury (yes)

  

11.1

Witness people dying (yes)

  

7.6

Witnessed people dead (yes)

  

5.6

Post-event support (yes)

  

2.3

Family structure

   

 Living with both parents

  

85.3

 Living with single parent

  

10.8

 Reconstituted family

  

3.1

 In state or foster care

  

0.7

Parental employment

   

 Both parents employed

  

75.1

 Mother employed - father unemployed

  

1.5

 Father employed - mother unemployed

  

17.7

 Both parents not employed

  

5.8