Inequalities in the spiritual health of young Canadians: a national, cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Self-reported importance of adolescent spiritual health by age and gender, Canada, 2014, weighted n = 25,036

			Spiritual Health (Full Scale)	Spiritual Health Domain
		Weighted	Spiritual Health (Full Scale)	Self	Others	Nature	Transcendent
Gender	Age	n	Percentage of weighted n rated as important^a (row %)
Boys	Total	12093
	≤11	1120	63	84	80	70	44
	12	2057	57	83	79	66	36
	13	2363	51	81	76	62	34
	14	2604	43	80	71	54	31
	≥15	3949	39	75	72	49	28
	p _trend ^b		<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Girls	Total	12943
	≤11	1185	70	86	85	76	48
	12	2268	65	85	82	71	42
	13	2504	55	79	82	64	37
	14	2929	49	80	79	56	32
	≥15	4057	46	82	82	53	28
	p _trend ^b		<0.001	0.02	0.25	<0.001	<0.001

Note: (1) ^aScore ≥8 out of 10 for individual domains, ≥32 out of 40 for full multidimensional scale; (2) ^bLinear test for trend in percentages by age; (3) All analyses have been weighted

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