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Table 1 Description of the 15-year-old participants in the Swedish HBSC 2002–2018, by sex and FAS†.

From: Trends in psychosomatic symptoms among adolescents and the role of lifestyle factors

 

2002

n (%)

2006

n (%)

2010

n (%)

2014

n (%)

2018

n (%)

Boys

609 (50)

752 (49)

1059 (51)

1358 (49)

771 (48)

Girls

609 (50)

774 (51)

1031 (49)

1408 (51)

825 (52)

Low FAS

299 (25)

270 (18)

280 (14)

609 (23)

311 (20)

High FAS

918 (75)

1250 (82)

1790 (86)

2102 (77)

1280 (80)

Schools response (%) *

84

83

88

77

47

Students response (%) *

84

81

86

88

87

  1. †FAS = Family Affluence Scale is a composite of four measures of family affluence (family car ownership, own bedroom, family holidays, and family computer ownership) [37], and dichotomized in each wave of data using standard deviations (low FAS; ≤ -1 SD, high FAS; > -1 SD)
  2. * Public Health Agency of Sweden. Skolbarns Hälsovanor 2017/18-Grundrapport [In English: Health Behavior in School-Aged Children 2017/18; Basic Report]. Östersund: Public Health Agency of Sweden; 2018. Report No.: 18,065