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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 3.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Health Behav. 2010 MAR-APR;34(2):237–248. doi: 10.5993/ajhb.34.2.11

Table 1.

Descriptive Demographic Characteristics of the Study Sample (n=242)

Age, years 16.4
Mean Body Mass Index Z-Score 0.29
Mean Body Mass Index Percentile 58.3
%
Gender
 Male 48.8
Grade Level
 9th grade 19.8
 10th grade 23.1
 11th grade 57.0
School Type
 Public 84.7
 Private 13.6
 Home schooled 1.7
Race/ethnicity
 White 93.4
 African American 1.2
 Asian 0.4
 Mixeda 5.0
Family Structure
 Mother and father together 79.3
 Mother and father equally, but separate 2.9
 Parent and step-parent 4.6
 Mother mostly 11.6
 Other 1.6
Parent Education
 Less than HS 0.0
 HS or GED 3.3
 Some college 18.4
 College degree 33.1
 Training beyond college 45.2

Note.

a

More than one race/ethnicity indicated