Table 1.
Descriptive statistics (column percentages)
| Male % |
Female % |
Total % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | |||
| 2008 | 60.6 | 56.1 | 58.3 |
| 2013 | 39.4 | 43.9 | 41.7 |
| Gender | |||
| Male | / | / | 49.8 |
| Female | / | / | 50.2 |
| Age | |||
| 15–19 | 42.4 | 38.6 | 40.5 |
| 20–25 | 57.6 | 61.4 | 59.5 |
| Highest educational level within the household | |||
| Secondary education or lower | 58.8 | 58.6 | 58.7 |
| At least higher education | 41.2 | 41.4 | 41.3 |
| Appreciation social contact | |||
| Rather unsatisfied | 6.2 | 5.4 | 5.8 |
| Rather satisfied | 93.8 | 94.6 | 94.2 |
| Quality of social support | |||
| Poor support | 12.3 | 13.6 | 13.0 |
| Intermediate/strong support | 87.7 | 86.4 | 87.0 |
| Reported equivalent household income (Belgian Weighted quintiles – m(S.D.)) | 2.86 (1.44) |
2.81 (1.44) |
2.84 (1.44) |
| Psychological distressa (1–12) M(S.D.) |
1.13 (2.11) |
1.71 (2.48) | 1.42 (2.32) |
| Depressiona (1-5) M(S.D.) |
1.27 (0.40) |
1.45 (0.57) | 1.36 (0.50) |
| Anxietya (1-5) M(S.D.) |
1.21 (0.37) |
1.35 (0.55) | 1.28 (0.47) |
| Total N | 713 | 720 | 1433 |
aMeans between girls and boys on these scales differ significantly, that is, p < 0.000 (ANOVA with post hoc Bonferroni test)