Trends in body image of adolescent females in metropolitan and non-metropolitan regions: a longitudinal study

Table 2 Frequencies (and percentages) of participants’ reports of body size: by region within grade level at recruitment within year

Year	Grade level at recruitment	Region	‘Too thin’		‘About right’		‘Too fat’		Total
Year	Grade level at recruitment	Region	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
2008	7	Metropolitan	33	10.1	198	60.6	96	29.4	327	100.0
	7	Non-metropolitan	7	6.0	65	55.6	45	38.5	117	100.0
	11	Metropolitan	9	6.3	83	57.6	52	36.1	144	100.0
	11	Non-metropolitan	3	3.6	52	62.7	28	33.7	83	100.0
2009	7	Metropolitan	22	7.6	171	59.0	97	33.4	290	100.0
	7	Non-metropolitan	8	8.7	42	45.7	42	45.7	92	100.0
	11	Metropolitan	12	10.4	57	49.6	46	40.0	115	100.0
	11	Non-metropolitan	2	3.0	44	65.7	21	31.3	67	100.0
2010	7	Metropolitan	20	8.3	129	53.8	91	37.9	240	100.0
	7	Non-metropolitan	6	7.7	33	42.3	39	50.0	78	100.0
	11	Metropolitan	8	12.1	26	39.4	32	48.5	66	100.0
	11	Non-metropolitan	2	4.5	24	54.5	18	40.9	44	100.0
Total			132	7.9	924	55.6	607	36.5	1663	100.0