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Table 1 Unweighted and weighted prevalence of observed descriptive characteristics

From: Energy balance-related factors associating with adolescent weight loss intent: evidence from the 2017 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey

Variable

Level

Unweighted Count

Unweighted Percent

Weighted Percent

Sex

Females

7526

51.4%

50.7%

Males

7112

48.6%

49.3%

Age

12 years old or younger

59

0.4%

0.3%

13 years old

22

0.2%

0.1%

14 years old

1922

13.1%

11.7%

15 years old

3586

24.4%

24.5%

16 years old

3688

25.1%

25.4%

17 years old

3611

24.6%

24.2%

18 years old

1796

12.2%

13.4%

Race/Ethnicity

White

6261

44.4%

53.5%

Asian

648

4.5%

3.5%

Black/African American

2796

19.4%

13.4%

Pacific Islander

116

0.8%

0.8%

American Indian/Alaskan Native

137

1.0%

0.5%

Hispanic/Latino

1543

10.7%

9.8%

Multiple-Hispanic/Latino

2104

14.6%

13.1%

Multiple-Non-Hispanic/Latino

823

5.7%

5.5%

  1. A weighting factor was applied to each adolescent to adjust for nonresponse and the oversampling of Black and Hispanic adolescents