Table 5 Prevalence of social, emotional, and behavioural (SEB) symptoms, overall and by gender
SEB symptoms | N (%) | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Normal | Borderline | Abnormal | ||
Emotional symptoms (N = 507) | Boys | 183 (90.6) | 10 (5.0) | 9 (4.5) | 0.018* |
Girls | 250 (82.0) | 22 (7.2) | 33 (10.8) | ||
Total | 433 (85.4) | 32 (6.3) | 42 (8.3) | ||
Conduct problems (N = 508) | Boys | 150 (74.3) | 22 (10.9) | 30 (14.9) | 0.001* |
Girls | 265 (86.6) | 21 (6.9) | 20 (6.5) | ||
Total | 415 (81.7) | 43 (8.5) | 50 (9.8) | ||
Hyperactivity/inattention problems (N = 506) | Boys | 165 (82.5) | 17 (8.5) | 18 (9.0) | 0.194 |
Girls | 265 (86.6) | 14 (4.6) | 27 (8.8) | ||
Total | 430 (85.0) | 31 (6.1) | 45 (8.9) | ||
Peer relationship problems (N = 504) | Boys | 156 (78.0) | 28 (14.0) | 16 (8.0) | 0.022* |
Girls | 239 (78.6) | 56 (18.4) | 9 (3.0) | ||
Total | 395 (78.4) | 84 (16.7) | 25 (5.0) | ||
Total difficulties (N = 503) | Boys | 164 (82.4) | 20 (10.1) | 15 (7.5) | 0.991 |
Girls | 251 (82.6) | 31 (10.2) | 22 (7.2) | ||
Total | 415 (82.5) | 51 (10.1) | 37 (7.4) | ||