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Table 1 Frequency and percentage distributions of respondents in categories of the study variables.

From: Health inequality in adolescence. Does stratification occur by familial social background, family affluence, or personal social position?

Variable

Distributions

 

N

%

Familial social position

Father's SES

  

   Upper white collar

1241

23

   Entrepreneur

725

13

   Lower white collar

1217

23

   Blue collar/Other

1933

36

   Missing

278

5

Parent's education

  

   Either has high level

1018

19

   Either has middle level

3506

65

   Both have low level

734

14

   Missing

136

2

Parent's labour market position

  

   Both gainfully employed

3918

73

   At most one gainfully employed

1293

24

   Missing

183

3

Family affluence

  

Cars in the family

  

   Two or more

2389

44

   One

1590

48

   None

369

7

   Missing

46

1

Vacation travels

  

   Three or more

1294

24

   Two

1050

20

   One

1527

28

   None

1453

27

   Missing

70

1

Computers

  

   Three or more

504

9

   Two

1156

22

   One

3117

58

   None

440

8

   Missing

177

3

Own room

  

   Yes

4706

87

   No

640

12

   Missing

48

1

Weekly spending money

  

   Above upper quartile

725

14

   Median – Upper quartile

1690

31

   Lower quartile – Median

1235

23

   Below lower quartile

1641

30

   Missing

103

2

Personal social position

  

School achievement1)

  

   Much above average

762

14

   Slightly above average

1658

31

   Average

2178

40

   Below average

739

14

   Missing

57

1

Health

  

Long-standing illness

  

   No

4574

85

   Yes

760

14

   Missing

60

1

Overweight

  

   Normal weight

4438

82

   Overweight

653

12

   Obesity

156

3

   Missing

147

3

Use of mental health services

  

   No

4977

92

   Yes

372

7

   Missing

45

1

Self-rated health

  

   Very good

1749

32

   Good

2670

50

   Moderate or poor

935

17

   Missing

40

1

Weekly health complaints

  

   0

2040

38

   1

1230

23

   2

782

14

   3 or more

1342

25

   Missing

0

0

Total number of respondents

n = 5394

100%

  1. 1) Adolescents not in education or still in comprehensive school at age 16 (10% of boys and 9% of girls) were classified in the category "below average".