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. 2021 Aug 12;21:1540. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-11228-3

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]