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

BMC Public Health

Table 4 Frequency (and percentage) of participants’ reports of physical appearance: by region within grade level at recruitment within year

Year	Grade level at recruitment	Region	‘Better looking than average’		‘About average’		‘Worse looking than average’		Total
Year	Grade level at recruitment	Region	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
2008	7	Metropolitan	106	35.5	155	51.8	38	12.7	299	100.0
	7	Non-metropolitan	24	26.1	51	55.4	17	18.5	92	100.0
	11	Metropolitan	32	25.2	71	55.9	24	18.9	127	100.0
	11	Non-metropolitan	24	33.8	41	57.7	6	8.5	71	100.0
2009	7	Metropolitan	67	25.9	143	55.2	49	18.9	259	100.0
	7	Non-metropolitan	16	19.5	52	63.4	14	17.1	82	100.0
	11	Metropolitan	21	24.1	52	59.8	14	16.1	87	100.0
	11	Non-metropolitan	17	27.4	40	64.5	5	8.1	62	100.0
2010	7	Metropolitan	63	28.8	120	54.8	36	16.4	219	100.0
	7	Non-metropolitan	10	13.9	42	58.3	20	27.8	72	100.0
	11	Metropolitan	12	7.1	120	71.4	36	21.4	168	100.0
	11	Non-metropolitan	17	41.5	22	53.7	2	4.9	41	100.0
Total			409	25.9	909	57.6	261	16.5	1579	100.0

Note: There were no statistically significant main effects for year, region or grade level, and no significant interactions

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