Table 3 Daily stressors (ACEDSS)

Feelings of insecurity

522 (40.0%)

261 (33.3%)

100 (55.2%)

150 (48.1%)

2.47**

1.86**

1.33

40.72**

Impossibility to pay school fees

609 (46.4%)

313 (39.7%)

113 (61.7%)

171 (54.8%)

2.45**

1.84**

1.33

40.55**

Insufficient food

488 (37.7%)

230 (29.4%)

105 (59.0%)

142 (45.8%)

3.45**

2.03**

1.70*

65.98**

Insufficient clothing

529 (40.9%)

276 (35.5%)

95 (52.8%)

145 (46.8%)

2.03**

1.60**

1.27

24.25**

Sickness in family

778 (60.1%)

438 (56.1%)

127 (70.6%)

193 (62.7%)

1.88**

1.31

1.43

14.19*

Insufficient medical care

429 (33.1%)

201 (25.6%)

107 (60.5%)

112 (33.1%)

4.41**

1.66**

2.66**

81.73**

Skipping school because of working

364 (28.0%)

151 (19.2%)

94 (52.8%)

110 (35.7%)

4.72**

2.34**

2.01**

94.23**

Worried about family

773 (59.5%)

454 (57.7%)

95 (53.1%)

205 (66.6%)

0.83

1.46

0.57*

10.43*

High task load

508 (39.6%)

250 (32.0%)

116 (64.8%)

131 (43.8%)

3.91**

1.66**

2.36**

68.64**

Physical punishment

450 (34.9%)

226 (28.9%)

108 (60.7%)

112 (36.4%)

3.79**

1.40

2.70**

64.25**

Pursued by bad fate/bad spirits

329 (25.4%)

121 (15.4%)

112 (61.5%)

91 (29.6%)

8.79**

2.32**

3.80**

169.83**

Being sick

708 (54.7%)

399 (51.0%)

123 (68.0%)

176 (57.6%)

2.03**

1.29

1.57

18.52**

Living with too many people in a home

685 (52.8%)

366 (46.7%)

129 (71.3%)

178 (57.6%)

2.83**

1.55**

1.83*

39.14**

Don’t know father

252 (19.2%)

77 (9.6%)

107 (58.8%)

65 (20.9%)

13.41**

2.48**

5.40**

231.53**

Total daily stressors (mean, SD)

5.34 (3.31)

4.57 (2.98)

7.78 (2.98)

6.08 (3.11)

3.21**

1.51**

1.70**

201.12**