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Table 1 Socio-demographic factors, emotional needs, experience of adversity among the participants

From: The role of attachment relationship in adolescents’ problem behavior development: a cross-sectional study of Kenyan adolescents in Nairobi city

Parameter

Category

Frequency

Percent

School

Low SES school

69

50.4

 

Middle SES school

68

49.6

Gender

Female

65

47.4

 

Male

72

52.6

Age

Mean, SD, range

(15.7, 1.2; 14–19)

 

Age

14–16 years

111

81.0

 

17–19 years

26

19.0

Persons living with

Parents

116

84.7

 

Guardian

21

15.3

Religion

Christian

106

77.4

 

Muslim

28

20.4

 

Missing

3

2.2

Parents/guardian marital status

Married

93

67.9

 

other

21

15.3

 

Missing

23

16.8

Mother’s employment status

Employed

102

74.5

 

Unemployed

13

9.5

 

Missing

22

16.1

Father’s employment status

Employed

100

73.0

 

Unemployed

5

3.6

 

Missing

32

23.4

Guardian’s employment status

Employed

19

95.0

 

Unemployed

1

5.0

Feels that emotional needs are met by parents

No

46

33.6

 

Yes

70

51.1

 

Missing

21

15.3

Perceived parental relationship

Supportive and loving

76

55.5

 

Unsupportive

35

25.5

 

Missing

26

19.0

Perceived relationship with mother

Available when needed

34

24.8

 

Not available when needed

76

55.5

 

Missing

27

19.7

Perceived relationship with father

Available when needed

61

44.5

 

Not available when needed

44

32.1

 

Missing

32

23.4

Perceived relationship with guardian

Available when needed

8

40.0

 

Not available when needed

12

60.0

Drug use

No

109

79.6

 

Yes

28

20.4

Experience adversity in childhood

No

76

55.5

 

Yes

35

25.5

 

Missing

26

19.0

Experienced sexual/physical violence

No

123

89.8

 

Yes

8

5.8

 

Missing

6

4.4

  1. The large number of missing values is because these questions are not applicable to those without a guardian