Well-being, gender, and psychological health in school-aged children

Table 1 Description of boys and girls reporting each psychological complaint by age (Chi-squared test)

	9–12					13–15					16–18					19–22
Psychological complaint	Boys		Girls		p	Boys		Girls		p	Boys		Girls		p	Boys		Girls		p
Psychological complaint	n	%	n	%		n	%	n	%		n	%	n	%		n	%	n	%
Feeling low	1414	100	1474	100		1625	100	1728	100		1391	100	1636	100		374	100	346	100
>1/week	130	9.2	196	13.3	***	188	11.6	362	21.0	***	176	12.7	384	23.5	***	48	12.8	83	24.0	***
Irritability/bad temper	1411	100	1464	100		1628	100	1729	100		1385	100	1636	100		378	100	343	100
>1/week	215	15.2	249	17.0	NS	305	18.7	450	26.0	***	287	20.7	494	30.2	***	81	21.4	116	33.8	***
Nervousness	1408	100	1457	100		1619	100	1723	100		1400	100	1637	100		378	100	343	100
>1/week	256	18.2	276	18.9	NS	332	20.5	523	30.4	***	334	23.9	579	35.4	***	97	25.7	154	44.9	***
Sleeping difficulties	1419	100	1475	100		1630	100	1734	100		1392	100	1647	100		378	100	344	100
>1/week	405	28.5	495	33.6	**	406	24.9	622	35.9	***	364	26.2	531	32.2	***	116	30.7	130	37,8	*

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