Boys 10-14 (n=2084) Girls 10-14 (n=1653) Boys 15-19 (n=3885) Girls 15-19, unmarried (n=7766) Girls 15-19, married (n=5206) P-value
Socio-demographic characteristics
Current school enrollment
No, including correspondence 114 (6.0) 126 (8.64) 1026 (29.37) 25161 (39.58) 3255 (88.92) <0.0001
Yes 1923 (94.0) 1456 (91.3) 2703 (70.6) 4698 (60.4) 529 (11.0)
State of residence
UP 1072 (65.14) 889 (65.0) 2064 (69.79) 4338 (71.62) 1798 (61.82) <0.0001
Bihar 1012 (34.86) 764 (35.0) 1821 (30.21) 3428 (28.38) 3408 (38.18)
Area of residence
Urban 872 (16.48) 759 (17.02) 1960 (17.67) 3746 (17.31) 1942 (14.03) <0.0001
Rural 1212 (83.52) 894 (82.98) 1925 (82.33) 4020 (82.69) 3264 (85.97)
Mother’s education
0 years 1394 (72.2) 1102 (70.11) 2476 (70.23) 5082 (70.41) 4327 (82.97) <0.0001
1-7 years 216 (9.19) 195 (13.15) 432 (10.91) 841 (10.43) 427 (8.62)
8-9 years 191 (8.76) 146 (8.03) 350 (7.9) 644 (7.88) 240 (4.63)
10+ years 283 (9.85) 210 (8.72) 627 (10.96) 1199 (11.28) 212 (3.77)
Religion
Hindu 1712 (83.77) 1263 (77.57) 3196 (83.78) 5636 (75.98) 4391 (82.52) <0.0001
Other religions 372 (16.23) 390 (22.43) 689 (16.22) 2130 (24.02) 815 (17.48)
Caste
General 407 (18.37) 338 (18.69) 782 (18.15) 1805 (22.2) 526 (12.61) 0.0001
Scheduled caste/scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) 493 (26.13) 365 (24.84) 912 (27.46) 1520 (22.8) 1464 (29.06)
Other backward classes (OBC) 1184 (55.5) 950 (56.47) 2191 (56.39) 4441 (55.0) 3216 (58.33)
Wealth quintile
Q1 (poorest) 278 (16.64) 218 (16.6) 278 (9.18) 723 (12.08) 860 (14.57) <0.0001
Q2 (poorer) 376 (21.91) 273 (19.8) 536 (18.95) 1017 (17.24) 1022 (20.53)
Q3 (middle) 432 (21.58) 310 (20.13) 777 (23.78) 1438 (21.03) 1239 (23.47)
Q4 (richer) 476 (19.92) 446 (24.03) 1124 (25.11) 2142 (24.7) 1289 (24.23)
Q5 (richest) 522 (19.94) 406 (19.44) 1170 (22.97) 2446 (24.95) 796 (17.2)
Age at marriage
18-19 years NA NA NA NA 1230 (32.21)
16-17 years NA NA NA NA 2280 (45.32)
<16 years NA NA NA NA 1383 (22.47)
Measures of family violence
Witnessed marital violence among parents
No 1454 (76.47) 1126 (71.28) 2919 (79.73) 5541 (74.23) 3390 (68.1) <0.0001
Yes 407 (23.53) 423 (28.72) 631 (20.27) 1788 (25.77) 1537 (31.9)
Experienced direct parental abuse since age 10
No 644 (29.43) 797 (48.66) 1729 (45.83) 5222 (67.47) 3520 (68.36) <0.0001
Yes 1392 (70.57) 798 (51.34) 1970 (54.17) 2254 (32.53) 1602 (31.64)
Own experience of marital violence
No NA NA NA NA 3552 (75.06)
Yes NA NA NA NA 1349 (24.94)
Suicidal ideation, self-harm and depression
Suicidal ideation‡
No 768 (99.17) 687 (98.88) 3769 (97.56) 7397 (95.56) 4833 (91.82) <0.0001
Yes 6 (0.83) 10 (1.12) 87 (2.44) 335 (4.44) 351 (8.18)
Self-harm
No 1984 (94.65) 1560 (93.93) 3719 (95.79) 7500 (97.09) 4999 (95.05) 0.0005
Yes 100 (5.35) 93 (6.07) 166 (4.21) 266 (2.91) 207 (4.95)
Depressive symptoms (PHQ-9 categories)§
No 1430 (69.72) 1146 (70.25) 2392 (60.84) 4255 (54.71) 2580 (48.73) <0.0001
Minimal-mild 653 (30.23) 484 (28.76) 1429 (37.38) 3092 (40.40) 2234 (43.11)
Moderate-severe 1 (0.03) 23 (0.98) 64 (1.77) 419 (4.88) 392 (8.15)
Depressive symptoms screening (PHQ-2)¶
<3 2071 (99.38) 1624 (98.97) 3778 (97.26) 7254 (93.74) 4779 (91.34) <0.0001
3+ 13 (0.62) 29 (1.03) 107 (2.74) 512 (6.26) 427 (8.66)