Table 1 Demographic and descriptive characteristics (n = 1609)
From: Irregular breakfast eating and health status among adolescents in Taiwan
Variables | n | % | Mean | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Individual characteristics | ||||
Grader | ||||
Junior high school | 1038 | 64.1 | ||
High school | 582 | 35.9 | ||
Age | 14.99 | 2.03 | ||
Gender | ||||
Boy | 758 | 47.1 | ||
Girl | 850 | 52.9 | ||
Perceived health status | ||||
Better | 318 | 19.8 | ||
Average | 1086 | 67.6 | ||
Worse | 203 | 12.6 | ||
BMI | 21.22 | 4.26 | ||
Overweight a | 464 | 28.8 | ||
Non-overweight | 1145 | 71.2 | ||
Family characteristics | ||||
Parents availability | ||||
Living with parents | 1369 | 85.1 | ||
Living without parents | 240 | 14.9 | ||
Father's education levels | ||||
High school and less | ||||
College and above | 1243 | 77.3 | ||
Mother's education levels | 364 | 22.7 | ||
High school and less | 1369 | 85.3 | ||
College and above | 235 | 14.7 | ||
Health promoting behaviors (HPB) | ||||
Breakfast eating pattern | ||||
Regular breakfast eating (RBE) | 1229 | 76.4 | ||
Irregular breakfast eating (IRBE) | 380 | 23.6 | ||
Nutrition | 20.93 | 3.95 | ||
Social support | 25.32 | 4.98 | ||
Health responsibility | 24.70 | 5.71 | ||
Life appreciation | 28.47 | 6.04 | ||
Exercise behavior | 14.85 | 4.01 | ||
Stress management | 20.91 | 4.32 | ||
Total HPB score | 135.20 | 21.88 |