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. 2021 Apr 23;9:59. doi: 10.1186/s40359-021-00555-0

Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of the sample

Variable Immigrant (n = 782) Non-immigrant (n = 1057)
Sex (female, %) 47.4 51.5
Age in years, mean (SD) 14.08 (2.99) 14.03 (3.06)
Parental SES (%)
 Highest (14–19 years) 23.5 30.4
 High (12–13 years) 23.1 30.4
 Medium (10–11 years) 35.5 34.1
 Low (up to 9 years) 17.9 5.1
ISCED School Type (%)
 ISCED-1 (Primary School) 44.0 32.6
 ISCED-2 (Lower Secondary) 31.8 19.1
 ISCED-3 (Upper Secondary) 24.2 48.3
Migration status, n (%)
 First Generation 130 (16.6)
 Second Generation 614 (78.5)
 Third Generation 38 (4.9)

SES, Parental socio-economic status was defined by parents’ highest number of schooling years. The migration status refers to the child or adolescent reporting a history of immigration. For ISCED School Type, we classified schools that youth of our sample attended according to the “International Standard Classification of Education” [74]