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Table 2 Prevalence of mental health among adolescents

From: Dietary behaviour, psychological well-being and mental distress among adolescents in Korea

 

Unweighted Frequency

Weighted  %

1. Well-being outcomes

 Perceived health

  Very healthy

17,586

26.5

  Healthy

29,647

45.3

  Fair

14,223

21.9

  Poor

3846

6.0

  Very poor

226

0.4

 Perceived happiness

  Very happy

18,992

28.1

  Happy

24,964

38.5

  Fair

16,743

25.8

  Unhappy

4102

6.4

  Very unhappy

727

1.1

 Sleep satisfaction (Fatigue recovery from sleep)

  Quite sufficient

5413

7.8

  Sufficient

12,081

18.0

  So So

20,705

31.7

  Not sufficient

18,296

28.4

  Not sufficient at all

9033

14.1

2. Mental distress outcomes

 Perceived stress

  Very much

6513

10.0

  Somewhat

17,833

27.3

  Average

28,021

42.9

  Not so much

10,772

16.2

  Not at all

2389

3.6

 Signs and symptoms of depression during the last year

  No

48,993

74.5

  Yes

16,535

25.5

  1. All values are presented as weighted %