Table 2.
Frequency of body dissatisfaction levels by gender among 10th–12th grade students aged 15–18 years (n 2082) from single- and mixed-gender schools located in Bangkok Metropolitan Region, Thailand, 2014
| Gender | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | Male | ||||
| n | % | n | % | P value | |
| Level of body dissatisfaction* | <0·001 | ||||
| −4 | 1 | 0·1 | 3 | 0·3 | |
| −3 | 0 | 0·0 | 10 | 1·0 | |
| −2 | 21 | 2·0 | 86 | 8·4 | |
| −1 | 145 | 13·8 | 260 | 25·4 | |
| 0 | 191 | 18·1 | 211 | 20·6 | |
| 1 | 427 | 40·6 | 282 | 27·5 | |
| 2 | 219 | 20·8 | 134 | 13·1 | |
| 3 | 42 | 4·0 | 35 | 3·4 | |
| 4 | 4 | 0·4 | 3 | 0·3 | |
| 5 | 3 | 0·3 | 0 | 0·0 | |
*
Body dissatisfaction measured as a discrepancy score between the current and ideal figure that the participant selected (current – ideal). Negative score indicates desire for a bigger figure, positive score indicates desire for a smaller figure.