Depression Research and Treatment / 2011 / Article / Tab 1 / Research Article
Early Life Stress and Child Temperament Style as Predictors of Childhood Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms: Findings from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants (
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Characteristic Total No anxiety and depressive symptoms Anxiety and depressive symptoms P value
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(%)Total 3824 3444 380 Child at time 1 Age (months), M (SD) 8.77 (2.5) 8.75 (2.5) 8.91 (2.6) 0.29 Male 1972 (51.6) 1798 (51.9) 183 (48.2) 0.16 Maternal at time 1 Age (years), M (SD) 31.5 (5.2) 31.6 (5.2) 30.6 (5.1) <0.01 Born in Australia/New Zealand 3200 (83.7) 2889 (83.9) 311 (81.8) 0.31 Married 2962 (77.5) 2687 (78.0) 275 (72.4) 0.01 Did not complete yr 12 high school 507 (13.3) 449 (13.0) 58 (15.3) 0.39 Disadvantage index (SEIFA), M (SD) 1011 (59.9) 1011 (59.4) 1007 (64.1) 0.19