Psychopathology is associated with reproductive health risk in European adolescents

Table 1 Age, sex and psychopathology in 11,406 adolescents with or without sexual initiation

Variables	Categories	N of respondents^a	Sexual initiation
			N Yes (%)	N No (%)	p-value^b
Age	≤15 > 15	8844 2562	1169 (13.2) 974 (38)	7675 (86.8) 1588 (62)	< 0.001
Sex	Females Males	6517 4889	1101 (16.9) 1042 (21.3)	5416 (83.1) 3847 (78.7)	< 0.001
Non-sexual risk behaviours profile	high low	2692 5529	556 (20.7) 1008 (18.2)	2136 (79.3) 4521 (81.8)	0.009
Anxiety	yes no	820 10,274	257 (31.3) 1858 (18.1)	563 (68.7) 8416 (81.9)	< 0.001
Depression	yes no	1308 9983	370 (28.3) 1750 (17.5)	938 (71.7) 8233 (82.5)	< 0.001
Self-injurious behaviour	yes no	1012 10,243	369 (36.5) 1740 (17)	643 (63.5) 8503 (83)	< 0.001
Severe suicidal ideation	yes no	426 10,893	142 (33.3) 1984 (18.2)	284 (66.7) 8909 (81.8)	< 0.001
Suicide attempts	yes no	430 10,875	172 (40) 1948 (17.9)	258 (60) 8927 (82.1)	< 0.001

See text for definitions of psychopathology variables
^a Response rates (N/11,406) are as follows: age 100%; sex 100%; non-sexual risk behaviours 72.1%; anxiety 97.3%; depression 99%; self-injurious behaviour 98.7%; severe suicidal ideation 99.2%; suicide attempts 99.1%
^b P-values were assessed by chi-square tests

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