Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of the COPSY and BELLA subsamples used for the pooled analysis of eating disorder symptoms in children and adolescents before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
| COPSY n = 1,001 | BELLA n = 997 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | M (SD) | n (%) | M (SD) | |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 473 (47.25%) | 457 (45.84%) | ||
| Female | 520 (51.95%) | 540 (54.16%) | ||
| Other | 8 (0.80%) | n.A. | ||
| Age (in years) | 14.47 (2.05) | 13.47 (1.87) | ||
| Occupation1 | ||||
| School | 860 (85.91%) | 948 (97.73%) | ||
| Other2 | 141 (14.09%) | 22 (2.27%) | ||
| Parental age (in years)3 | 45.48 (7.09) | 44.72 (5.21) | ||
| Parental education4,5 | ||||
| Low | 166 (16.89%) | 62 (6.30%) | ||
| Medium | 575 (58.49%) | 536 (54.47%) | ||
| High | 242 (24.62%) | 386 (39.23%) | ||
| Migration background6 | ||||
| Yes | 175 (17.48%) | 124 (12.45%) | ||
| No | 826 (82.52%) | 872 (87.55%) | ||
Unweighted data; n.A., not assessed. 1BELLA: n = 27 missing. 2Other occupation includes apprenticeship, student or other. 3Deviating assessment in BELLA: Average age was used if both parents had participated in survey. 4Based on CASMIN classification. 5COPSY: n = 18 missing; BELLA: n = 13 missing. 6BELLA: n = 1 missing.