Description of the mental health groups by family structure, relative family affluence and specific indicators of mental health
| Mentally healthy | Symptomatic yet content | Asymptomatic yet discontent | Mentally unhealthy | P value* | |
| n (col%) | n (col%) | n (col%) | n (col%) | ||
| Overall | 14 994 (67.6) | 3879 (17.5) | 1207 (5.5) | 2085 (9.4) | |
| Family structure | |||||
| Both parents | 11 341 (77.0)a | 2465 (64.4)b | 760 (65.0)b | 1120 (54.7)c | <0.001 |
| Mother and partner | 750 (5.1) | 313 (8.2) | 95 (8.1) | 199 (9.7) | <0.001 |
| Father and partner | 179 (1.2) | 75 (2.0) | 20 (1.7) | 67 (3.3) | <0.001 |
| Mother only | 1688 (11.5) | 615 (16.1) | 204 (17.5) | 428 (20.9) | <0.001 |
| Father only | 339 (2.3) | 185 (4.8) | 37 (3.2) | 105 (5.1) | <0.001 |
| Other | 437 (3.0) | 173 (4.5) | 53 (4.5) | 128 (6.3) | <0.001 |
| Missing | 260 | 53 | 38 | 38 | |
| Relative family affluence | |||||
| Well-off | 9066 (62.3)a | 2010 (52.9)b | 382 (33.1)c | 696 (34.3)d | <0.001 |
| Average | 4638 (31.9) | 1405 (37.0) | 561 (48.7) | 837 (41.2) | <0.001 |
| Not well-off | 848 (5.8) | 387 (10.2) | 210 (18.2) | 498 (24.5) | <0.001 |
| Missing | 442 | 77 | 54 | 54 | |
| Hopelessness | |||||
| Yes | 1988 (13.6)a | 1531 (40.6)b | 526 (45.5)c | 1614 (79.7)d | <0.001 |
| No | 12 663 (86.4) | 2240 (59.4) | 631 (54.5) | 410 (20.3) | |
| Missing | 343 | 108 | 50 | 61 | |
| Prosocial behaviour | |||||
| Quartile 4 (high) | 4201 (28.6)a | 930 (24.4)b | 183 (15.4)c | 350 (17.1)c | <0.001 |
| Quartile 3 | 3729 (25.4) | 858 (22.5) | 212 (17.9) | 368 (18.0) | <0.001 |
| Quartile 2 | 3948 (26.9) | 1172 (30.7) | 361 (30.5) | 671 (32.7) | 0.001 |
| Quartile 1 (low) | 2814 (19.2) | 853 (22.4) | 429 (36.2) | 660 (32.2) | <0.001 |
| Missing | 302 | 66 | 22 | 36 | |
| Self-rated health status | |||||
| Excellent | 5210 (35.0)a | 1006 (26.2)b | 133 (11.1)c | 195 (9.4)d | <0.001 |
| Good | 8155 (54.8) | 2129 (55.4) | 634 (52.9) | 921 (44.5) | <0.001 |
| Fair or poor | 1507 (10.1) | 707 (18.4) | 432 (36.0) | 953 (46.1) | <0.001 |
| Missing | 122 | 37 | 8 | 16 | |
All values are weighted.
*P value for Rao-Scott χ2 test comparing the distribution of mental health groups by each row; (3) Different subscript letters indicate the mental health groups with significantly different distributions (Rao-Scott χ2 p<0.05).