Research Article
Depression among Adolescents of Rural Nepal: A Community-Based Study
Table 1
Demographic and economic characteristics of respondents (
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| | Characteristics | (%) |
| | Age (years) | 17.39 () | | Gender | | | Male | 189 (50.9) | | Ethnicity | | | Brahmin/Chhetri | 219 (59) | | Religion | | | Hindu | 331 (89.2) | | Place of residence of the respondent | | | Urban | 292 (79.3) | | Type of family () | | | Nuclear | 252 (68.1) | | Family size | | | ≤5 | 235 (63.5) | | Parent living status | | | Living together | 342 (92.2) | | Monthly income of family (in NRs) | | | ≤20,000 | 141 (38) | | >20,000—≤25,000 | 76 (20.5) | | >25,000—≤30,000 | 81 (21.8) | | >30,000 | 73 (19.7) |
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