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Table 5 Distribution of various models of health risk behaviours by demographic and socio-economic variables, Serbia

From: Demographic and socio-economic factors associated with multiple health risk behaviours among adolescents in Serbia: a cross sectional study

Variables

Boys

Girls

 

No risk

One risk

Two or more

p-value*

No risk

One risk

Two or more

p-value*

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

 

Age

   

.000

   

.000

15–16

127 (61.6)

44 (21.4)

35 (17.0)

 

167 (80.2)

29 (13.7)

15 (7.1)

 

17–19

37 (29.8)

31 (25.0)

56 (45.2)

 

82 (57.7)

35 (24.6)

25 (17.6)

 

Settlement

   

.263

   

.453

Non-urban

68 (55.3)

23 (18.7)

32 (26.0)

 

96 (71.6)

27 (20.2)

11 (8.2)

 

Urban

96 (46.4)

52 (25.1)

59 (28.5)

 

153 (69.9)

37 (16.9)

29 (13.2)

 

Household wealth index

   

.086

   

.508

Poorest

24 (54.5)

12 (27.3)

8 (18.2)

 

29 (74.4)

7 (17.9)

3 (7.7)

 

Poorer

40 (61.5)

9 (13.8)

16 (24.7)

 

57 (76.0)

13 (17.3)

5 (6.7)

 

Middle class

28 (47.5)

13 (22.0)

18 (30.5)

 

49 (70.0)

11 (15.7)

10 (14.3)

 

Richer

36 (39.1)

29 (31.5)

27 (29.4)

 

58 (65.2)

21 (23.6)

10 (11.2)

 

Richest

36 (51.4)

12 (17.1)

22 (31.5)

 

56 (70.0)

12 (15.0)

12 (15.0)

 

Having one’s own room

   

.299

   

.165

No

50 (56.8)

18 (20.5)

20 (22.7)

 

78 (77.2)

14 (13.9)

9 (8.9)

 

Yes

114 (47.1)

57 (23.6)

71 (29.3)

 

171 (67.9)

50 (19.8)

31 (12.3)

 

Family structure

   

.171

   

.001

Complete

145 (49.3)

71 (24.1)

78 (26.6)

 

226 (73.1)

55 (17.8)

28 (9.1)

 

Incompletea

19 (52.8)

4 (11.1)

13 (36.1)

 

23 (52.3)

9 (20.5)

12 (27.3)

 

School success

   

.031

   

.014

Low/moderate

68 (42.5)

40 (25.0)

52 (32.5)

 

53 (60.9)

17 (19.5)

17 (19.5)

 

High

96 (56.5)

35 (20.6)

39 (22.9)

 

196 (73.7)

47 (17.7)

23 (8.6)

 
  1. aIncomplete family structure: with one biological parent, be alone or with grandparents. *Chi-square test.