Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of Italian natives; first-, second-generation, and all Romanian immigrants in Italy; and Romanian natives.
| Italian Natives | Romanian Immigrants | Romanian Natives |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I Gen * | II Gen * | Overall | |||
| % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | |
| Boys | 50.1 (20,140) | 44.7 (177) | 54.4 (138) | 46.9 (315) | 47.9 (2306) |
| Girls | 49.9 (20,084) | 55.3 (232) | 45.6 (124) | 53.1 (357) | 52.1 (2509) |
| 11 years | 36.5 (14,689) | 33.8 (155) | 52.6 (154) | 46.1 (310) | 30.5 (1463) |
| 13 years | 34.3 (13,806) | 37.5 (141) | 35.4 (74) | 32.0 (215) | 31.6 (1519) |
| 15 years | 29.2 (11,729) | 28.7 (113) | 12.0 (34) | 21.9 (147) | 37.9 (1821) |
| Low SES | 26.5 (10,418) | 47.5 (174) | 38.4 (95) | 41.3 (269) | 65.6 (2830) |
| Medium SES | 49.8 (19,565) | 43.6 (176) | 48.3 (119) | 45.4 (296) | 25.3 (1089) |
| High SES | 23.7 (9291) | 8.8 (47) | 13.3 (40) | 13.3 (87) | 9.2 (394) |
* Missing data on adolescents’ country of birth and/or their parents. Proportions of both parents being Romanians for first- (I gen) and second-generation (II gen) immigrants were 84.4% and 53.4%, respectively. Abbreviations: SES, socio-economic status.