Table 2 Sex- and school-type-based analysis of students’ self-rated mental health.

From: Relationship between self-rated health and depression risk among children in Japan

School

Ages

Sex

n

Mean SD

pa

Mean SD

One-way ANOVA

Significance

Elementary

Ages 7–12

Boys

830

4.00 ± 1.14

1.000

3.99 ± 1.11

<0.001

Elementary vs. Junior High <0.001

Elementary vs. Senior High <0.001

Junior High vs. Senior High <0.001

Girls

762

3.99 ± 1.08

Junior High

Ages 13–15

Boys

958

3.83 ± 1.10

0.000

3.69 ± 1.12

Girls

917

3.54 ± 1.13

Senior High

Ages 16–18

Boys

1036

3.40 ± 1.05

0.336

3.35 ± 1.02

Girls

1138

3.31 ± 0.99

Total

Ages 7–18

Boys

2824

3.72 ± 1.12

0.000

3.65 ± 1.11

  

Girls

2817

3.57 ± 1.10

  1. Tukey’s multiple comparisons.
  2. All data are presented as mean ± SD; one-way ANOVA with post hoc Tukey test was applied for significance testing.
  3. SD standard deviation.
  4. p-value is significant at <0.05.
  5. aDifferences between boys and girls were analysed using the t-test.