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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of 10–12 years old adolescents in the study

From: Socioeconomic, intrapersonal and food environmental correlates of unhealthy snack consumption in school-going adolescents in Mumbai

Characteristics

Overall

Public Schools

Private Schools

P-value

Number of Participants

712 (100.0)

328 (46.1)

384 (53.9)

0.532

Sex

 Boys

369 (51.8)

192 (58.5)

177 (46.1)

0.267

 Girls

343 (48.2)

136 (41.5)

207 (53.9)

 

Grade in which studying

 6th Grade

362 (50.8)

174 (53.0)

188 (49.0)

0.537

 7th Grade

350 (49.2)

154 (47.0)

196 (51.0)

 

Age (in years) a

10.9 (1.1)

11.2 (1.1)

10.8 (0.9)

 

Religion

 Hindu

427 (60.0)

214 (65.2)

213 (55.5)

 

 Muslim

234 (32.9)

105 (32.0)

129 (33.6)

 < 0.001**

 Christian

32 (4.5)

5 (1.5)

27 (7.0)

 

 Others (Jain, Parsi, Buddhist)

19 (2.7)

4 (1.2)

15 (3.9)

 

Type of living arrangement

 Nuclear family

418 (58.7)

121 (36.9)

297 (77.3)

0.004*

 Joint family

189 (27.8)

138 (42.1)

60 (15.3)

 

 Extended family

96 (13.5)

69 (21.0)

27 (7.0)

 

Education of father

 Professional

164 (23.0)

50 (15.2)

114 (29.7)

 

 Postgraduate or graduate

344 (48.3)

120 (36.6)

224 (58.3)

 < 0.001**

 Post high school/ high school

116 (16.3))

78 (23.8)

38 (9.9)

 

 Middle/ primary school certificate

70 (9.8)

62 (18.9)

8 (2.1)

 

 Illiterate

18 (2.5)

18 (5.5)

0 (0.0)

 

Education of mother

 Professional

76 (10.2)

2 (0.6)

74 (19.3)

 

 Postgraduate or graduate

256 (36.0)

67 (20.4)

189 (49.2)

 

 Post high school/ high school

200 (28.1)

117 (35.7)

83 (21.6)

 < 0.001**

 Middle/ primary school certificate

118 (16.6)

92 (28.0)

26 (6.8)

 

 Illiterate

62 (8.7)

50 (15.2)

12 (3.1)

 

Monthly family income (INR)

 < 30,000

117 (20.6)

114 (41.0)

3 (1.0)

 

 < 50,000

164 (28.0)

109 (39.2)

55 (17.9)

 < 0.001**

 50,000- 1,00,000

182 (31.2)

54 (19.4)

128 (41.6)

 

 > 1,00,000

123 (20.2)

1 (0.0)

122 (39.6)

 
  1. INR Indian Rupee, *p value < 0.05; **p value < 0.001
  2. Data are presented as number (percentage) or.a mean (standard deviation)
  3. p values are obtained from chi-square tests to estimate the difference between adolescents attending public and private schools