Table 2.
Characteristics of teenagers and parents in this study
| Teenagers | Parents | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Female – no. (%) | 810 (50.5) | Female – no. (%) | 991 (55.5) |
| Age in years: no. (%) | Age in years: range (mean) | 31–73 (46.5) | |
| 12 | 111 (6.9) | ||
| 13 | 611 (28.1) | ||
| 14 | 379 (23.6) | ||
| 15 | 175 (10.9) | ||
| 16 | 161 (10.0) | ||
| 17 | 166 (10.4) | ||
| Education – no. (%)* | Education – no. (%)* | ||
| No current education | 8 (0.5) | Low | 252 (14.1) |
| Primary school | 12 (0.7) | Intermediate | 1318 (73.9) |
| Secondary school | 1406 (87.7) | High | 214 (12.0) |
| - preparing for vocational education | 552 (39.3) | ||
| - preparing for higher education | 809 (57.5) | ||
| - Combination of preparing for vocational an higher education | 45 (3.2) | ||
| Vocational education: | 129 (8.0) | ||
| Higher education: | 48 (0.7) | ||
| Total – no. (%) | 1603 (100) | Total – no. (%) | 1714 (100) |
* operationalization based upon: [8]