| Characteristic | Percent or mean |
|
| Non-obese (n = 3850) | Obese (n = 392) | |
| High school childbearing (%) | 5.0a | 2.9 |
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Sociodemographic characteristics |
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| Parent(s) did not complete high school (%) |
18.2 | 22.3 |
| Mean household income-needs ratio (range, 0–83.7) |
3.2a (0.18) | 2.4 (0.23) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||
| Non-Hispanic Black (%) | 14.3a | 30.3 |
| Hispanic (%) | 19.5 | 20.0 |
| Non-Hispanic other (%) | 6.2 | 2.1 |
| Non-Hispanic White (%) (reference) |
59.9a | 47.6 |
| Mean age (range, 13–21) | 16.3a (0.03) | 16.3 (0.13) |
| Single mother household (%) Other individual-level control Variables |
17.9a | 27.2 |
| Sexual initiator (%) | 39.9a | 36.5 |
| Mean number of sexual partners (range, 0–4) |
0.8 (0.05) | 0.8 (0.11) |
| Mean age at first menses (range, 7–26) |
12.8 (0.06) | 12.6 (0.23) |
| Mean self-esteem (range, 1–5) |
4.0a (0.02) | 3.7 (0.05) |
| Weight perceptions | ||
| Underweight (%) | 12.3a | 1.7 |
| Overweight (%) | 34.7a | 92.5 |
| Just about the right weight (%) (reference) |
53.0a | 5.8 |
| Mean interviewer-rated physical attractiveness (range, 1–5) |
3.8a (0.03) | 3.0 (0.07) |
| Dropped or stopped out of high school (%) |
10.0a | 15.2 |
Notes: Statistics are weighted. Standard errors are in shown in parentheses when appropriate.
a
Denotes a significant difference between groups (p < .10).