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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of participants

From: Sexual and reproductive health knowledge and practices among youth with and without mental illness in Uganda: a comparative study

Variable

Overall

Mental illness

No mental illness

p value

N = 205 (%)

N = 104 (%)

N = 101 (%)

Gender

 

 Male

102 (49.76)

53 (50.96)

49 (48.51)

0.726

 Female

103 (50.24)

51 (49.04)

52 (51.49)

Age in years

 

 15–19

101 (49.27)

56 (53.85)

45 (44.55)

0.183

 20–24

104 (50.73)

48 (46.15)

56 (55.45)

Education level

 

 No education

7 (3.41)

4 (3.85)

3 (2.97)

0.960

 Primary

52 (25.37)

25 (24.04)

27 (26.73)

 Secondary

98 (47.8)

50 (48.08)

48 (47.52)

 Tertiary

48 (23.41)

25 (24.04)

23 (22.77)

Psychiatric conditions

 

 Psychosis

 

33 (31.73)

  

 Mood disorder

61 (58.65)

 

 Substance abuse

 

10 (9.62)