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Table 2 Socio-demographic profile of participants who completed the Nae Disha intervention (n = 106)

From: Outcomes of a brief mental health and resilience pilot intervention for young women in an urban slum in Dehradun, North India: a quasi-experimental study

Characteristic

n (%)

Age in years (range 10–25)

 10–13

13 (12.3%)

 14–17

45 (42.5%)

 18–25

48 (45.3%)

Marital status

 Unmarried

101 (95.3%)

 Married

5 (4.7%)

Number of people in household (range 2–14)

 Less than 4 people

19 (17.9%)

 5–8 people

70 (66.0%)

 Greater than 9 people

17 (16.0%)

Fathers occupation

 Self-employed

65 (61.3%)

 Unskilled labourer

12 (11.3%)

 Father absent from family home

22 (20.8%)

 Other

7 (6.6%)

Fathers educational status

 Unschooled

62 (58.5%)

 Completed up to 7 years schooling

22 (20.8%)

 Completed 8 years or more of schooling

22 (20.8%)

Mothers occupation

 Self-employed

17 (16.0%)

 Unskilled labourer

10 (9.4%)

 Unemployed

62 (58.5%)

 Mother absent from family home

4 (3.8%)

 Other

13 (12.3%)

Mothers educational status

 Unschooled

72 (64.1%)

 Completed up to 7 years schooling

30 (28.3%)

 Completed 8 years or more of schooling

4 (3.8%)

Household assets

 Television

99 (93.4%)

 Radio

29 (27.4%)

 One or more mobile phones

104 (98.1%)

 Vehicle (motorbike or four-wheeler)

48 (45.3%)

 Ownership of agricultural land

6 (5.7%)

  1. NB: Missing data of the four participants did not complete the intervention have been removed before calculating percentages