Table 1 Sample characteristics at Wave 1 among participants with complete self-reported height and weight information at Wave 1, shown by sex
Total | Female | Male | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristics (range) | N | % or M(SD) | N | % or M(SD) | N | % or M(SD) |
Sex | 10089 | 48.6 | 10086 | 51.4 | ||
Age (12–21 y) | 16.0 (1.8) | 15.9 (1.8) | 16.1 (1.8) | |||
Race/ethnicity | ||||||
Hispanic/Latino | 3393 | 11.9 | 1670 | 11.8 | 1723 | 12.0 |
NH Black/AA | 4497 | 15.9 | 2338 | 16.1 | 2159 | 15.7 |
NH White | 10503 | 67.8 | 5229 | 67.7 | 754 | 67.8 |
NH Asian | 1439 | 3.9 | 685 | 4.0 | 5274 | 3.9 |
NH other | 343 | 1.7 | 167 | 0.4 | 176 | 0.6 |
Parent education | ||||||
HS or less | 8835 | 45.1 | 4425 | 45.1 | 4410 | 45.2 |
Some college | 4039 | 20.4 | 2082 | 21.2 | 1957 | 19.6 |
College or more | 6791 | 31.8 | 3305 | 31.0 | 3486 | 32.6 |
Weight status | ||||||
Healthy weight | 14586 | 71.9 | 7552 | 74.9 | 7034 | 69.2 |
Underweight | 640 | 3.4 | 282 | 2.8 | 358 | 4.0 |
Overweight | 2819 | 14.3 | 1374 | 14.0 | 1445 | 14.6 |
Obesity | 2130 | 10.3 | 885 | 8.3 | 1245 | 12.2 |
Body size estimation | ||||||
About right | 10470 | 52.1 | 4894 | 49.1 | 5576 | 54.9 |
Underweight | 3481 | 16.9 | 1207 | 11.2 | 2274 | 22.5 |
Overweight | 6214 | 30.9 | 3982 | 39.7 | 2232 | 22.7 |
Dieting to lose weight | 2664 | 12.7 | 2059 | 20.4 | 605 | 5.5 |
Puberty status (1–5) | 3.3 (1.1) | 3.1 (1.2) | ||||
CES-D (0–60) | 11.3 (7.8) | 12.3 (8.5) | 10.4 (7.1) | |||
Self-rated health (1–5) | 3.9 (0.9) | 3.8 (0.9) | 4.0 (0.9) | |||
Self-esteem (1–5) | 4.1 (0.6) | 4.0 (0.6) | 4.2 (0.6) | |||
N= | 20175 | |||||