Table 1.
Weighted Descriptive Statistics for Full Sample and by Gender (N = 12,057).
| Full Sample | Men | Women | Gender Difference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 12,057 | n = 5,239 | n = 6,818 | |||||
| % or Mean | SE | % or Mean | SE | % or Mean | SE | Significance | |
| Wave V | |||||||
| Suicide ideation (1 = yes) | 6.80 | 7.09 | 6.51 | ||||
| Suicide attempts (1 = yes) | 1.68 | 1.67 | 1.70 | ||||
| Weight discrimination (1 = yes) | 12.63 | 10.18 | 15.10 | *** | |||
| BMI category | |||||||
| Not overweight (reference) | 27.14 | 21.78 | 32.58 | *** | |||
| Overweight | 31.98 | 38.49 | 25.38 | *** | |||
| Obese class I | 21.46 | 22.85 | 20.05 | ** | |||
| Obese class II | 10.88 | 10.30 | 11.46 | ||||
| Obese class III | 8.54 | 6.59 | 10.52 | *** | |||
| Depression (1 = yes) | 24.88 | 23.26 | 26.52 | ** | |||
| Perceived stress (range = 0–16) | 5.05 | .05 | 4.83 | .06 | 5.28 | .06 | *** |
| Fair/poor health (1 = yes) | 14.13 | 14.99 | 13.25 | ||||
| Educational attainment | |||||||
| Less than high school (reference) | 5.55 | 6.71 | 4.38 | *** | |||
| High school degree or equivalent | 16.51 | 20.09 | 12.88 | *** | |||
| Some college | 41.35 | 41.15 | 41.54 | ||||
| Bachelor’s degree or more | 36.59 | 32.05 | 41.19 | *** | |||
| Household income (range = 1–13) | 8.81 | .10 | 9.01 | .11 | 8.61 | .11 | *** |
| Married (1 = yes) | 57.74 | 56.47 | 59.03 | ||||
| Social interactions (range = 1–7) | 5.06 | .03 | 5.08 | .03 | 5.05 | .03 | |
| Wave I | |||||||
| Adolescent suicide ideation (1 = yes) | 13.61 | 10.95 | 16.30 | *** | |||
| Adolescent suicide attempts (1 = yes) | 3.87 | 2.17 | 5.60 | *** | |||
| Mother’s educational attainment | |||||||
| Less than high school (reference) | 15.40 | 14.32 | 16.49 | ||||
| High school degree or equivalent | 28.45 | 28.45 | 28.45 | ||||
| Some college | 33.84 | 34.52 | 33.14 | ||||
| Bachelor’s degree or more | 22.32 | 22.72 | 21.92 | ||||
| Adolescent household income (in thousands of dollars) | 46.18 | 1.69 | 46.40 | 1.84 | 45.95 | 1.82 | |
| Demographics | |||||||
| Race-ethnicity | |||||||
| Non-Hispanic, White (reference) | 66.53 | 66.72 | 66.33 | ||||
| Non-Hispanic, Black | 15.12 | 14.49 | 15.76 | ||||
| Hispanic | 11.34 | 11.38 | 11.31 | ||||
| Non-Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander | 3.69 | 3.87 | 3.52 | ||||
| Non-Hispanic, other | 3.32 | 3.55 | 3.08 | ||||
| Female (1 = yes) | 49.67 | ||||||
| Age (range = 33–43 years) | 37.87 | .12 | 37.98 | .12 | 37.76 | .12 | *** |
| Foreign born (1 = yes) | 5.99 | 5.92 | 6.05 | ||||
Source: National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health.
Note: BMI = body mass index; SE = standard error. The p values are from t test or Pearson’s chi-square test.
**
p < .01, ***p < .001.