Table 1 Socio-demographic, health-related and psychosocial traits of the study population and mothers’ consultation rates for mental health concerns (weighted numbers and percentages)
Variables | Total (N = 1639) | Mothers’ consultation rates | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | n | % | n/N | χ2; | df; | p | |
Socio-demographic variables | |||||||
Gender | |||||||
Boys | 47.6 | 780 | 27.6 | 214/774 | 12.470; | 1; | < 0.001 |
Girls | 52.4 | 859 | 20.2 | 172/852 | |||
Religion | |||||||
Muslim | 70.0 | 1147 | 24.4 | 277/1135 | 2.455; | 1; | .117 |
Druze | 26.8 | 440 | 20.7 | 91/440 | |||
Christian | 3.2 | 52 | – | ||||
Socio-economic index | |||||||
Medium | 15.3 | 251 | 8.0 | 20/251 | 58.206; | 1; | .000 |
Low | 46.9 | 768 | 31.0 | 234/756 | |||
Very low | 37.8 | 620 | 21.3 | 132/619 | |||
Number of children in family | |||||||
1–3 | 25.9 | 420 | 25.1 | 105/419 | 0.861; | 2; | .650 |
4–5 | 51.9 | 842 | 23.8 | 200/840 | |||
6 or more | 22.2 | 360 | 22.2 | 80/360 | |||
In care of welfare | |||||||
Yes | 21.4 | 340 | 34.1 | 116/340 | 23.636; | 1; | .000 |
No | 78.6 | 1248 | 21.4 | 267/1248 | |||
Health-related variables | |||||||
Any mental disorder | |||||||
Yes | 16.6 | 272 | 39.7 | 108/272 | 45.636; | 1; | .000 |
No | 83.4 | 1367 | 20.5 | 278/1354 | |||
Internalizing disorder | |||||||
Yes | 12.8 | 209 | 34.9 | 73/209 | 16.023; | 1; | .000 |
No | 87.2 | 1429 | 22.2 | 314/1417 | |||
Externalizing disorder | |||||||
Yes | 4.2 | 69 | 59.4 | 41/69 | 50.674; | 1; | .000 |
No | 95.8 | 1570 | 22.2 | 345/1557 | |||
Learning disability | |||||||
Yes | 4.9 | 79 | 55.1 | 43/78 | 44.863; | 1; | .000 |
No | 95.1 | 1545 | 22.1 | 341/1544 | |||
GHQ of mother | |||||||
High | 34.3 | 502 | 31.9 | 160/502 | 35.115; | 1; | .000 |
Low | 65.8 | 965 | 18.2 | 175/963 | |||
Psycho-social variables | |||||||
Feeling discriminated Index | |||||||
High | 23.8 | 370 | 26.7 | 96/360 | 2.920; | 1; | .087 |
Low | 76.2 | 1186 | 22.3 | 264/1183 | |||
Feeling uncomfortable at home | |||||||
Yes | 15.0 | 239 | 29.7 | 71/239 | 6.819; | 1; | .009 |
No | 85.0 | 1350 | 22.0 | 294/1338 | |||
Total | 23.6 | 386/1639 | |||||