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Table 2 Study group characteristics

From: Sun protection education for adolescents: a feasibility study of a wait-list controlled trial of an intervention involving a presentation, action planning, and SMS messages and using objective measurement of sun exposure

Variable

 

Intervention

Controls

  

No.

%

No.

%

Age at start:

13

0

(0%)

57

(58%)

14

234

(66%)

40

(41%)

15

118

(34%)

1

(1%)

Missing

33

 

4

 

Gender:

Male

179

(49%)

42

(44%)

Female

185

(51%)

53

(56%)

Missing

21

 

7

 

Ethnic group

White

358

(93%)

95

(93%)

Mixed

11

(3%)

3

(3%)

Asian

6

(2%)

1

(1%)

Black

5

(1%)

0

(0%)

Other

4

(1%)

0

(0%)

Missing

1

 

3

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