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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the detainees with and without conduct disorder

From: Comorbidities and correlates of conduct disorder among male juvenile detainees in South Korea

Characteristic

Whole sample (n = 173)

With conduct disorder (n = 96)

Without conduct disorder (n = 77)

p value

Age (years), mean (SD)

17.5 (1.1)

17.4 (1.2)

17.6 (1.1)

0.171

School drop out, N (%)

42 (24.3)

23 (24)

19 (24.7)

0.913

Yearly family income > $2500, N (%)

104 (60.1)

59 (61.5)

45 (58.4)

0.687

Paternal education ≥ college education, N (%)

25 (14.5)

13 (19.1)

12 (21.4)

0.750

Maternal education ≥ college education, N (%)

20 (11.6)

10 (16.7)

10 (18.2)

0.830

Living arrangements, N (%)

   

0.928

 With both parents

57 (32.9)

31 (32.3)

26 (33.8)

 

 With a single parent

97 (56.1)

55 (57.3)

42 (54.5)

 

 No parents

19 (11.0)

10 (1.4)

9 (11.7)

 

Recidivism, N (%)

154 (89)

88 (91.7)

66 (85.7)

0.213

Number of crime, mean (SD)

3.2 (1.8)

3.4 (1.9)

3.1 (1.6)

0.243

Type of crime, N (%)

 Property crime

86 (49.7)

48 (49)

40 (51.9)

0.696

 Violent crime

68 (39.3)

48 (50)

20 (26)

0.001

 Sex crime

34 (19.7)

14 (14.6)

20 (26.3)

0.055

 Drug crime

1 (0.6)

0 (0)

1 (1.3)

0.445

 Domestic violence

1 (0.6)

1 (1.0)

0 (0)

1.00

 Traffic offenses

42 (24.3)

23 (24.0)

19 (24.7)

0.913

 Obstruction of justice

7 (4.0)

4 (4.2)

3 (3.9)

1.00

 Drunk driving

2 (1.2)

2 (2.1)

0 (0)

0.503

 Others

20 (11.6)

13 (13.5)

7 (9.1)

0.363

  1. SD standard deviation