Psychosocial Problems among School Going Adolescents in Nepal

Table 3

Association of respondents’ age group, school grade, religion, and ethnicity with psychosocial problems.

						n = 287
Characteristics	Psychosocial Problems				Value	p-value
	No		Yes
	N	(%)	N	(%)
Age Group
Early Adolescent (12-14 years)	99	95.2	5	4.8
Middle Adolescent (15-16 years)	123	84.2	23	15.8
Late Adolescent (17-19 years)	28	75.7	9	24.3	11.423	.003
School Grade
8 Class	79	90.8	8	9.2
9 Class	85	81.0	20	19.0
10 Class	86	90.5	9	9.5	5.590	.061
Religion
Hindu	129	90.8	13	9.2
Bouddha and Others	121	83.4	24	16.6	3.495	.062
Ethnicity
Tamang	129	84.3	24	15.7	2.278	.131
Others	121	90.3	13	9.7

Note. a = age group was categorized according to (Jahan & Shakil, 2015) [14]. b = reference category. c = Muslim and Christian. d = Bramhan, Chhetri, and Newar. = p-value significant at ≤ .05 level.