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Table 1 Demographic characteristic of the adolescents with available SDQ self-reported data (n = 993), with available SDQ parent-reported data (n = 736), and the Dutch population

From: Normative data for the self-reported and parent-reported Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) for ages 12–17

Characteristics

SDQ informant version

Dutch populationa

Self-report

Parent

N (%)

N (%a)

%

Gender

 Male

466 (46.9)

345 (46.9)

49.5

 Female

527 (53.1)

391 (53.1)

50.5

Age

 12

82 (8.3)

68 (9.2)

16.5

 13

253 (25.5)

186 (25.3)

16.3

 14

249 (25.1)

190 (25.8)

16.4

 15

151 (15.2)

127 (17.3)

16.9

 16

151 (15.2)

97 (13.2)

16.9

 17

107 (10.8)

68 (9.2)

17.1

Native country mother

 The Netherlands

885 (89.1)

668 (90.8)

78.6

 Other

108 (10.9)

68 (9.2)

21.4

Educational level mother

 Low

238 (24.0)

163 (22.1)

23.6

 Medium

411 (41.4)

320 (43.5)

41.7

 High

344 (34.6)

253 (34.4)

34.7

  1. SDQ Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire
  2. athe information on the distributions in the Dutch population was retrieved from Statistics Netherlands [39]