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Table 2 Demographic characteristics (N = 59)

From: Feasibility and acceptability of a multicomponent, group psychological intervention for adolescents with psychosocial distress in public schools of Pakistan: a feasibility cluster randomized controlled trial (cRCT)

Characteristics

Total (N = 59)

Wait-list control (N = 30)

EASE intervention (N = 29)

Age (M, SD)

13.59 (0.77)

13.50 (0.68)

13.69 (0.85)

Gender

 Boys

29 (49.2%)

16 (53.3%)

13 (44.8%)

 Girls

30 (50.8%)

14 (46.7%)

16 (55.2%)

Family structure (n, %)

 Nuclear

44 (74.6%)

20 (66.7%)

24 (82.8%)

 Joint

15 (25.4%)

10 (33.3%)

5 (17.2%)

Mother’s education (n, %)

 None

5 (8.5%)

3 (10.0%)

2 (6.9%)

 5 years of education

13 (22.0%)

5 (16.7%)

8 (27.6%)

 6–10 years of education

33 (56%)

17 (56.6%)

16 (55%)

 11 years of education and above

8 (13.5%)

5 (16.6%)

3 (10.3%)

Father’s education (n, %)

 None

11 (18.6%)

6 (20.0%)

5 (17.2%)

 5 years of education

24 (40.7%)

15 (50.0%)

9 (31.0%)

 6–10 years of education

18 (30.5%)

6 (20%)

12 (41%)

 11 years of education and above

6 (10%)

3 (10%)

3 (10%)

Father’s employment

 Doctor

1 (1.7%)

0 (0%)

1 (3.4%)

 Personal Business

19 (32.2%)

13 (43.3%)

6 (20.7%)

 Manual Worker

14 (23.7%)

7 (23.3%)

7 (24.1%)

 Does not work

5 (8.5%)

1 (3.3%)

4 (13.8%)

 Other

20 (33.9%)

9 (30.0%)

11 (37.9%)

Monthly income in PKR (M, SD)

12,991.08 (15,544.10)

14,799.66 (14,087.31)

11,120.14 (16,965.46)

  1. M mean, SD standard deviation