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Table 2 Peer pressure by gender

From: Impact of today's media on university student's body image in Pakistan: a conservative, developing country's perspective

 

Low PPS

High PPS

Chi-square§

Males (n = 376)

310 (82.4%)+

66 (17.6%)

Chi-square = 36.0

Females (n = 408)

257 (63.0%)

151 (37.0%)

p < 0.0001

  1. *PPS = Peer pressure score
  2. +Percentages were calculated out of the total of males and females respectively.
  3. § Yates corrected values were used for better accuracy.
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BMC Public Health

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