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. 2024 Dec 23;184(1):103. doi: 10.1007/s00431-024-05906-8

Table 1.

Sociodemographic and health-related data of the sample

Adolescents
N = 950 (100%)
Gender
  Female 484 (50.9%)
  Male 465 (48.9%)
  Diverse 1 (0.1%)
Age (years)
  M (SD) 15.0 (1.39)
  Md (Min, Max) 15.0 (13.0, 17.0)
Education
  None 6 (0.6%)
  Not identified* 15 (1.6%)
  Special school 36 (3.8%)
  Secondary school 73 (7.7%)
  Secondary school/middle school 343 (36.1%)
  Vocational school 78 (8.2%)
  Preparatory high school 399 (42.0%)
Integration assistance**
  Yes 125 (13.2%)
  No 819 (86.2%)
  Missing 6 (0.6%)
Number of chronic health conditions***
  One and more 127 (13.4%)
  None 823 (86.6%)

*Due to implausible data, the category “not identified” was added

**The question on integration assistance was only presented if children and adolescents were attending any kind of educational institution

***The assessment of chronic conditions is based on parental report and is considered present if at least one of the following health problems is reported: central nervous system disease, alcohol and/or psychotropic substance abuse, active or uncontrolled systemic disease, psychiatric disorders, severe sensory deficits, use of psychotropic drugs or other medications, intellectual disability, or other neurobehavioral disorder, pre-, peri-, and postnatal problems, and/or other. M mean, SD standard deviation, Md median, Min minimum, Max maximum, N sample size