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. 2021 Jun 4;21:1062. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-11037-8

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics among Canadian secondary school students participating in Year 7 (2018/19) of the COMPASS Study

Girls Boys
N = 28,580 N = 28,479
% (N) % (N)
Grade
 9 27.9 (7984) 27.6 (7849)
 10 28.2 (8047) 27.9 (7950)
 11 26.7 (7641) 26.5 (7558)
 12 17.2 (4908) 18.0 (5122)
Race/Ethnicity
 White 64.1 (18314) 62.6 (17814)
 Black 3.2 (924) 4.5 (1294)
 Asian 13.9 (3959) 13.9 (3954)
 Latinx 2.6 (746) 2.8 (793)
 Other/Mixed 16.3 (1637) 16.2 (4624)
BMI Classification
 Underweight 1.3 (384) 2.1 (588)
 “Normal-weight” 58.5 (16722) 52.2 (14856)
 Overweight 10.6 (3037) 13.8 (3927)
 Obesity 4.2 (1198) 7.6 (2155)
 Missing 25.3 (7239) 24.4 (6953)
Weight Perception
 Underweight 10.7 (3070) 21.6 (6147)
 “About the right weight” 60.3 (17228) 55.4 (15777)
 Overweight 27.5 (7867) 21.1 (6021)
 Missing 1.5 (415) 1.9 (534)
Bullying Victimization (in the last 30 days)
 Yes 20.3 (5814) 20.2 (5757)
 No 79.7 (22766) 79.8 (22722)
School-area median household income
 $25,000–50,000 11.2 (3210) 10.5 (2991)
 $50,001–75,000 55.7 (15908) 56.0 (15960)
 $75,000–100,000 27.3 (7798) 27.6 (7872)
  > $100,000 5.8 (1664) 5.8 (1656)
Urbanicity
 Large Urban 58.6 (16740) 59.0 (16789)
 Medium Urban 13.9 (3986) 13.8 (3938)
 Small Urban 27.2 (7777) 26.9 (7675)
 Rural 0.3 (77) 0.3 (77))
Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
Depressive symptoms (CESD-10) 10.2 (6.4) 7.6 (5.4)
Anxiety symptoms (GAD-7) 8.1 (5.9) 4.8 (5.1)
Flourishing (Flourishing Scale [FS]) 31.3 (5.7) 32.1 (5.7)

NOTES: Possible score ranges include 0–30 for the CESD-10, 0–21 for the GAD-7, and 8–40 for the FS. Scores of ≥10 for the CESD-10 and GAD-7 are established cut-offs indicating clinically relevant symptoms. Secondary III, IV, and V in Quebec were classified as grades 9, 10, and 11, respectively