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Table 2 Communication with father and with mother reported as difficult by gender, age and weight status

From: Body weight dissatisfaction and communication with parents among adolescents in 24 countries: international cross-sectional survey

Country

Communication with father (difficult)

  

Communication with mother (difficult)

  
 

N

Boys

%

Girls

%

11 y

%

13 y

%

15 y

%

Non-Over weight

%

Over weight %

N

Boys

%

Girls

%

11 y

%

13 y

%

15 y

%

Non-Over weight

%

Over weight

%

Belgium-Flanders

6151

41.0

52.3***

37.7

46.6***

57.0***

46.3

51.0*

6247

22.8

24.0

17.0

22.6***

31.1***

22.8

25.2

Canada

4239

35.0

55.2***

34.7

49.9***

56.3***

45.7

48.4

4237

21.4

26.4***

17.7

24.3***

32.5***

23.3

26.0

Switzerland

4614

31.8

47.2***

28.6

42.2***

47.2***

39.1

46.5**

4577

19.4

20.3

14.8

19.3***

24.6***

18.7

26.4***

Croatia

4344

28.2

42.8***

22.6

36.2***

48.0***

36.6

32.2

4347

15.2

14.3

9.1

14.7***

20.2***

14.3

14.3

Czech Republic

4744

40.5

55.1***

41.1

49.8***

53.1***

48.6

44.1

4842

27.2**

23.7

22.0

27.1***

27.0***

25.3

26.2

Germany

5428

35.9

55.2***

36.4

47.6***

54.3***

45.8

47.1

5411

19.4

19.9

15.6

18.3*

25.8***

19.4

20.6

Denmark

4510

35.3

51.7***

34.6

46.9***

51.8***

43.7

45.8

4485

22.0

23.6

15.0

25.6***

29.0***

23.2

22.5

Estonia

3978

43.6

60.0***

40.7

53.7***

61.1***

52.4

51.1

3978

23.2

24.4

16.4

23.8***

31.3***

24.0

22.1

Finland

5293

26.5

49.7***

28.6

39.2***

47.2***

38.2

37.2

5194

16.1

19.5**

10.9

19.4***

23.8***

17.5

19.0

France

7819

27.9

42.3***

27.6

34.9***

43.2***

36.0

35.8

7871

16.0

18.3**

12.5

16.7***

22.2***

17.7

15.8

Greece

3708

31.4

56.4***

30.7

46.3***

54.4***

44.2

44.5

3631

23.1**

19.6

13.5

20.6***

29.0***

20.9

22.8

Italy

4337

32.9

52.5***

32.3

46.4***

51.9***

43.6

41.0

4294

20.0

21.1

14.0

21.1***

28.0***

20.9

19.3

Latvia

3185

34.7

55.0***

35.3

48.0***

53.9***

45.9

44.6

3247

21.5

22.5

18.2

22.1*

25.6***

22.0

22.0

Macedonia

4080

16.1

27.4***

15.4

24.2***

25.6***

21.8

18.7

3947

13.9

12.2

13.6

12.8

12.3

12.0

13.3

Netherlands

4208

19.2

31.8***

17.7

27.3***

32.5***

24.9

29.7

4214

8.8

11.7**

6.0

11.2***

14.0***

9.9

11.4

Norway

4910

30.5

45.2***

25.2

37.1***

50.9***

37.6

41.7

4916

17.9

16.4

10.6

14.9***

26.3***

16.8

21.3**

Poland

6231

23.5

32.3***

19.6

25.9***

37.7***

27.9

27.1

6277

10.4

9.0

5.0

9.3***

14.9***

9.6

10.7

Portugal

2862

29.7

52.3***

35.5

44.2***

46.3***

40.6

41.8

2851

19.1

20.4

15.5

22.4***

22.7***

18.9

21.4

Russia

7920

33.2

47.9***

33.5

42.6***

46.9***

41.1

42.3

7956

17.6

18.3

13.1

18.2***

22.5***

17.9

21.7*

Sweden

3850

21.7

39.8***

19.9

31.3***

43.0***

30.8

33.2

3823

12.1

13.9

6.8

13.8***

19.5***

13.1

13.6

Slovenia

3880

14.6

25.6***

14.0

20.5***

27.7***

19.9

21.5

3848

7.4

8.5

4.6

8.7***

11.4***

7.8

8.7

Ukraine

4010

32.7

46.2***

28.3

39.2***

49.2***

40.9

41.3

4022

12.4

11.7

6.9

9.9**

17.7***

12.4

11.1

USA

4921

40.7

61.9***

45.2

51.7***

58.6***

51.9

51.5

4869

29.4

28.4

20.8

29.2***

35.4***

28.4

29.9

Wales

3815

37.4

55.8***

39.7

48.0***

52.1***

46.5

47.4

3799

23.9

22.9

17.9

23.2***

30.0***

22.8

28.3**

  1. References: Age = 11y, Gender = boys, Weight status = non-overweight
  2. Overweight and non-overweight were calculated using international cutoffs for BMI. BMI was calculated based on self reported weight and height
  3. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001
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