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Table 2 Characteristics of the sample – control and explanatory variables - consisting in 9th grade students from elementary schools in São Paulo, Brazil, 2017 (SP-Proso study; n = 2106)

From: Association between self-control and health risk behaviors: a cross-sectional study with 9th grade adolescents in São Paulo

Variables

Categories

Frequency yes (=1) % (95% CI)

Mean; (CI 95%)

Gender (girls = 0)

 

50.55(48.42–52.68)

Age

 

14.80 (14.77–14.84)

Socioeconomic status

 

7.00(6.76–7.24)

School status (public = 0)

 

32.99 (30.36–35.74)

Self-control

Highest

26.22 (24.23–28.32)

1.63

(1.60–1.66)

High

23.89 (21.82–26.10)

2.10

(2.09–2.11)

Medium

25.08 (23.31–26.95)

2.40

(2.40–2.41)

Low

24.80 (22.72–27.01)

2.84

(2.81–2.86)

Delinquent peer group (No = 0) |

 

11.66(9.63 14.04)

Positive parenting

 

3.04 (3.01–3.07)

Moral values

 

5.24 (5.16–5.32)

Exposure to school violence and disorder

 

1.79 (1.76–1.83)

Exposure to community violence

 

1.75 (1.71–1.78)