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Table 1 Descriptive results, HBSC Germany 2013/2014 (n = 5226)

From: Is being a “small fish in a big pond” bad for students´ psychosomatic health? A multilevel study on the role of class-level school performance

 

2+ psychosomatic health complaints

<  1 psychosomatic health complaints

Total

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

Gender

p < 0.001 (χ2 = 146.23, df = 1)

 

 Boys

17.04 (452)

82.96 (2200)

50.75 (2652)

 Girls

31.35 (807)

68.65 (1767)

49.25 (2574)

Age (m = 13.56, SD = 1.64)

p < 0.001 (χ2 = 62.60, df = 1)

 

  < Mean age (10.50–13.56 years)

19.62 (536)

80.38 (2196)

52.28 (2732)

  > Mean age (13.57–16.33 years)

28.99 (723)

71.01 (1771)

47.72 (2494)

Migration background

p < 0.001 (χ2 = 32.02, df = 2)

 

 No migration background

22.05 (839)

77.95 (2966)

72.81 (3805)

 One-sided

30.09 (161)

69.91 (374)

10.24 (535)

 Two-sided

29.23 (259)

70.77 (627)

16.95 (886)

Family affluence

p = 0.016 (χ2 = 8.26, df = 2)

 

 High

22.87 (496)

77.13 (1673)

41.50 (2169)

 Medium

23.95 (551)

76.05 (1750)

44.03 (2301)

 Low

28.04 (212)

71.96 (544)

14.47 (756)

School type

p = 0.001 (χ2 = 10.35, df = 1)

 

 High track (“Gymnasium”)

21.56 (408)

78.44 (1484)

36.20 (1892)

 Other school types

25.52 (851)

74.48 (75.91)

63.80 (3.334)

Perceived school performance (PSP)

p < 0.001 (χ2 = 75.91, df = 1)

 

 Very good/good

18.95 (497)

81.05 (2125)

50.17 (2622)

 Average/below average

29.26 (762)

70.74 (1842)

49.83 (2604)

Proportion of students reporting very good/good PSP in class

p < 0.001 (χ2 = 22.60, df = 1)

 

  > 50% of students with very good/good PSP

21.04 (504)

78.96 (1892)

45.85 (2396)

  < 51% of students with very good/good PSP

26.68 (755)

73.32 (2075)

54.15 (2830)

Total

24.09 (1259)

75.91 (3967)

100 (5226)

  1. PSP Perceived School Performance