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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Child Youth Serv Rev. 2019 Mar 6;100:214–220. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.03.006

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of the analytic sample from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (n = 17 696).

Variable Total, Mean (SD) or %
Average excess BMI 2.80 (4.19)
Maltreatment class
 No maltreatment class 67.6%
 Physical abuse class 21.5%
 Physical abuse + neglect class 5.1%
 Poly-maltreatment class 5.8%
Adolescent onset maltreatment 26.4%
Male 50.5%
Parental obesity 23.7%
Birthweight 1.58 (19.9)
Breastfed, 6+ months 19.6%
US born 93.7%
Parent employment 69.0%
Race/ethnicity
 White 65.5%
 Hispanic 12.0%
 Black 15.8%
 Other 6.8%
Parent education
 < High school 12.7%
 High school 27.7%
 Some college 29.5%
 College graduate 30.2%
N 17 696

Note: Descriptive statistics are averaged over 20 imputed datasets and account for survey weighting and clustering. Adolescent onset maltreatment, parental obesity, breastfed, US born, and parent employment are dichotomous indicator variables. Birthweight is mean-centered from the Add Health sample.