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Table 1 Total Sample Profile

From: Predictors of sun protection behaviours and sunburn among Australian adolescents

 

Total

N = 4150

Attribute

n

%

Gender

  

  Male

2073

50.0

  Female

2077

50.0

Age (years)

  

  14

933

22.5

  15

1155

27.8

  16

1120

27.0

  17

942

22.7

Socioeconomic statusa

  

  Low

385

9.4

  Medium

1929

47.2

  High

1770

43.3

Skin colour

  

  Very fair

433

10.4

  Fair

1338

32.2

  Medium

1283

30.9

  Olive

892

21.5

  Dark

174

4.2

  Very dark

14

0.3

  Black

4

0.1

  Don’t know

12

0.3

Sun sensitivity

  

  Just burn, no tan

840

20.2

  Burn, then tan

1959

47.2

  No burn, just tan

1190

28.7

  Nothing

132

3.2

  Can’t say

29

0.7

  1. aMissing values not included (n = 66; 1.6 %)