Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents by overweight status
From: Association between neighborhood safety and overweight status among urban adolescents
|  | Total n = 1,140 n (%) | Normal or underweight n = 629 n (%) | At risk or overweight n = 511 n (%) | χ 2 Statistic (p-value) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Race/Ethnicity | Â | Â | Â | 10.62 (0.014) |
   Hispanic | 335 (30.0) | 169 (27.4) | 166 (33.2) |  |
   Black, non-Hispanic | 520 (46.5) | 283 (45.8) | 237 (47.4) |  |
   White, non-Hispanic | 145 (13.0) | 88 (14.2) | 57 (11.4) |  |
   Othera | 118 (10.6) | 78 (12.6) | 40 (08.0) |  |
Sex | Â | Â | Â | 1.02 (0.311) |
   Male | 481 (42.2) | 257 (40.9) | 224 (43.8) |  |
   Female | 659 (57.8) | 372 (59.1) | 287 (56.2) |  |
Nativity | Â | Â | Â | 3.54 (0.060) |
   US Born | 788 (70.2) | 420 (67.9) | 368 (73.0) |  |
   Foreign Born | 335 (29.8) | 199 (32.2) | 136 (27.0) |  |
Grade | Â | Â | Â | 8.08 (0.044) |
   Ninth | 325 (29.0) | 162 (26.1) | 163 (32.7) |  |
   Tenth | 293 (26.1) | 162 (26.1) | 131 (26.3) |  |
   Eleventh | 332 (29.6) | 202 (32.5) | 130 (26.3) |  |
   Twelfth | 171 (15.3) | 96 (15.4) | 75 (15.0) |  |