Research Article
Depression among Adolescents of Rural Nepal: A Community-Based Study
Table 2
Distribution of characteristics of family of respondents’ (
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| Characteristics | (%) |
| Educational status of father () | ≤8 | 230 (66.1) | >8 | 118 (33.9) | Educational status of mother () | ≤8 | 297 (81.6) | >8 | 67 (18.4) | Occupational status of father () | Government job | 62 (17.9) | Private job | 47 (13.5) | Business | 61 (17.6) | Agriculture | 142 (41.0) | Others | 34 (9.8) | Occupational status of mother () | Government job | 16 (4.4) | Private job | 34 (9.3) | Business | 45 (12.4) | Agriculture | 209 (57.7) | Others | 58 (16.0) | Drinking status of father () | No | 211 (60.6) | Drinking status of mother () | No | 348 (95.6) |
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Includes foreign employment and labour work. Includes housewife, labour work, and foreign job. |