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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population

From: Reading and writing difficulties and self-rated health among Danish adolescents: cross-sectional study from the FOCA cohort

 

Total

N = 9748

n (%) or mean (SD)

RWD

N = 953 (9.8)

n (%) or mean (SD)

Non-RWD

N = 8795 (90.2)

n (%) or mean (SD)

p

Self-rated health

   

< 0.001b*

 Low (%)

2606 (26.7)

338 (35.5)

2268 (25.8)

 

 High (%)

6386 (65.5)

494 (51.8)

5892 (67.0)

 

 Missing (%)

756 (7.8)

121 (12.7)

635 (7.2)

 

Gender

   

0.055 b

 Female (%)

4973 (51.0)

458 (48.1)

4515 (51.3)

 

 Male (%)

4775 (49.0)

495 (51.9)

4280 (48.7)

 

 Alder, mean (SD)

15.8 (0.4)

16.0 (0.5)

15.8 (0.4)

< 0.001c*

Self-assessed SES

   

< 0.001b*

 Low (%)

233 (2.4)

49 (5.1)

184 (2.1)

 

 Medium (%)

5411 (55.5)

552 (57.9)

4859 (55.3)

 

 High (%)

3529 (36.2)

248 (26.0)

3281 (37.3)

 

 Missing (%)

575 (5.9)

104 (10.9)

471 (5.4)

 

Negative childhood events

   

< 0.001b*

 0 events (%)

940 (9.6)

84 (8.8)

856 (9.7)

 

 1–3 events (%)

5769 (59.2)

433 (45.4)

5336 (60.7)

 

 4–7 events (%)

1616 (16.6)

181 (19.0)

1435 (16.3)

 

 8–11 events (%)

234 (2.4)

56 (5.9)

178 (2.0)

 

 Missing (%)

1189 (12.2)

199 (20.9)

990 (11.3)

 

Loneliness

   

< 0.001b*

 Not lonely (%)

7358 (75.5)

609 (63.9)

6749 (76.7)

 

 Lonely (%)

2379 (24.4)

341 (35.8)

2038 (23.2)

 

 Missing (%)

11 (0.1)

3 (0.3)

8 (0.1)

 

 Perceived stress a, mean (SD)

14.3 (6.4)

16.5 (6.1)

14.1 (6.4)

< 0.001c*

  1. a = Scale from 0 to 40; higher = more stress, b = chi2, c = t-test, *statistical significant p < 0.05