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Table 1 Demographic Characteristics of the Community and Clinical Samples

From: Development and psychometric properties of the health-risk behavior inventory for Chinese adolescents

Demographic variables

Sample 1

p

Sample 2a

Total (6,633)

Boys (3,280)

Girls (3,353)

χ 2

Total (326)

Ethnicity

   

1.15

0.28

 

 Han nationality

94.5% (6,267)

94.8% (3,109)

94.2% (3,158)

  

94.2% (307)

 Other ethnic minority

5.5% (366)

5.2% (171)

5.8% (195)

  

5.8% (19)

Grade

   

37.74

<0.01

 

 10th

44% (2,918)

43% (1,409)

45% (1,509)

   

 11th

31% (2,056)

34.3% (1,509)

27.8% (931)

   

 12th

25% (1,659)

22.7% (746)

27.2% (913)

   

Only one child

   

68.99

<0.01

 

 Yes

65.7% (4,361)

70.6% (2,317)

61% (2,044)

  

48.8% (159)

 No

34.3% (2,272)

29.4% (963)

39% (1,309)

  

51.2% (167)

Family composition

   

.57

0.90

 

 Nuclear families

91% (6,036)

91.2% (2,992)

90.8% (3,044)

  

77.9% (254)

 Divorced families

4.1% (272)

3.9% (129)

4.3% (143)

  

11.3% (37)

 Remarried families

2.7% (180)

2.7% (87)

2.8% (93)

  

6.8% (22)

 Single-parent families

2.2% (145)

2.2% (72)

2.2% (73)

  

4% (13)

Paternal education

   

0.87

0.78

 

 Primary or less

51% (3,383)

51.6% (1,692)

50.4% (1,691)

  

55.8% (182)

 High school

32.1% (2,129)

31.7% (1,040)

32.5% (1,089)

  

26.1% (85)

 University

16.9% (1,121)

17.7% (581)

16.1% (540)

  

18.1% (59)

Maternal education

   

2.56

0.14

 

 Primary or less

59.4% (3,940)

58.3% (1,912)

60.5% (2,028)

  

62% (202)

 High school

28.4% (1,884)

27.4% (899)

29.4% (985)

  

23% (75)

 University

12.2% (809)

14.3% (469)

10.1% (340)

  

15% (49)

  1. Note. a = 85.of the clinical sample was male, so the distribution of sample 2 not according to gender.