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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the study sample (N = 949)

From: Sexting among peruvian adolescents

Variable

Category

N

%

Gender

   
 

Male

326

34.35

 

Female

649

65.65

Race/Ethnicity

   
 

Indigenous

27

3.00

 

Moreno

196

21.78

 

Mestizo

439

48.78

 

Mixed

77

8.56

 

Afro-Bolivian

5

0.56

 

White

133

14.78

 

Black

1

0.11

 

Asian

22

2.44

Type of School

   
 

Private

361

37.76

 

Public

595

62.24

Gender of Student-body

   
 

All boy

76

8.03

 

All girl

352

37.17

 

Mixed gender

519

54.80

Age

   
 

12

31

3.33

 

13

115

12.37

 

14

263

28.28

 

15

274

29.46

 

16

177

19.03

 

17+

70

7.53

Sext

   
 

Yes

179

20.48

 

No

695

79.52

  1. Note: due to some instances of missing data, some categories may not be equal to the total sample of respondents.