Mental health in adolescents displaced by the armed conflict: findings from the Colombian national mental health survey

Table 1 Demographic characteristic of the adolescent population

	Change of residence due to threats of violence
	Yes		No		p*
	n	%	n	%	p*
Gender
Male	40	36.5	807	50.2	0.044
Female	62	63.5	845	49.8	0.044
Age
12	10	5.6	264	17.5	0.042
13	21	21.2	297	16.7
14	23	18.4	256	15.4
15	12	10.5	287	17.2
16	17	26.5	258	15.4
17	19	17.8	290	17.9
Schooling
Yes	78	76.4	1426	86.9	0.026
No	24	23.6	226	13.1	0.026
Education level
None/Primary	72	70.9	1044	62.5	0.39
Secondary	30	29.1	604	37.3
Technical	0	0.0	4	0.2
Region
Central	25	34.2	305	23.4	< 0.001
Atlantic	12	10.6	400	24.4
Bogota	14	6.7	286	14.9
Oriental	21	17.8	390	21.1
Pacific	30	30.7	271	16.3
Area
Urban	76	71.9	1286	74.1	0.71
Rural	26	28.1	366	25.9	0.71
Poverty
Not living in poverty	65	61.5	1303	76.4	0.012
Living in poverty	37	38.5	349	23.6	0.012

* Bivariate analysis with Chi square test to compare displaced adolescents and non-displaced, significant at p < 0.05 (italics)

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