Assessing weight perception accuracy to promote weight loss among U.S. female adolescents: A secondary analysis

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Descriptive Statistics for Demographic Variables (N = 2216)

Variable (n)	n	%
Age at Wave II (2216)
Mean (Standard Deviation)	15.80	(1.46)
Ethnicity (2208)
Hispanic	263	11.91
non-Hispanic	1945	88.09
Race (2210)
White	1531	69.28
Black or African American	425	19.23
American Indian or Native American	44	1.99
Asian or Pacific Islander	73	3.30
Maternal Educational Attainment (1977)
8^th grade or less	90	4.55
> 8^th grade, not high school graduate	193	9.76
Business/trade, not high school graduate	11	0.56
High school graduate	560	28.33
Completed a General Equivalency Diploma	94	4.75
Business/trade after HS	187	9.46
Non-college graduate	359	18.16
College graduate	282	14.26
Post-graduate	201	10.17
Total Household Income (1742)^a
Mean (Standard Deviation)	48.90	(56.5)
Median	40.00
Range	0-900

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