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Table 2 Characteristics of the sample by health risk behavior patterns

From: Exploring associations of adverse childhood experiences with patterns of 11 health risk behaviors in Chinese adolescents: focus on gender differences

Characteristics

N = 16,853

Class1

Class2

Class3

Class4

χ2

p-value

Gender

     

268.94

 < 0.001

 Male

8390 (49.8)

4856 (57.9)a

1869 (22.3)b

1240 (14.8)c

423 (5.0)a

  

 Female

8463 (50.2)

4977 (58.8)a

1204 (14.2)b

1862 (22.0)c

420 (5.0)a

  

Grade

     

83.58

 < 0.001

 Junior school

9235 (54.8)

5187 (56.2)a

1685 (18.2)a,b

1793 (19.4)b

570 (6.2)c

  

 Senior school

7618 (45.2)

4646 (61.0)a

1388 (18.2)a,b

1311 (17.2)b

273 (3.6)c

  

Residency

     

6.12

0.106

 Rural

5805 (34.4)

3441 (59.3)a

1015 (17.5)a

1078 (18.6)a

271 (4.7)a

  

 Urban

11,048 (65.6)

6392 (57.9)a

2058 (18.6)a

2026 (18.3)a

572 (5.2)a

  

Only child

     

51.15

 < 0.001

 Yes

5710 (33.9)

3261 (57.1)a

1164 (20.4)b

951 (16.7)a

334 (5.8)b

  

 No

11,143 (66.1)

6572 (59.0)a

1909 (17.1)b

2153 (19.3)a

509 (4.6)b

  

Father’s education level

    

46.25

 < 0.001

 Primary or below

1830 (10.9)

1030 (56.3)a

288 (15.7)a

391 (21.4)b

121 (6.6)b

  

 Junior middle school

6211 (36.9)

3643 (58.7)a

1084 (17.5)a

1164 (18.7)a

320 (5.2)a

  

 Senior middle school

4902 (29.1)

2823 (57.6)a

979 (20.0)b

867 (17.7)a

233 (4.8)a,b

  

 College or above

3910 (23.2)

2337 (59.8)a

722 (18.5)a

682 (17.4)a

169 (4.3)a

  

Mother’s education level

    

49.51

 < 0.001

 Primary or below

2423 (14.4)

1441 (59.5)a

354 (14.6)b

487 (20.1)a

141 (5.8)a

  

 Junior middle school

6151 (36.5)

3642 (59.2)a

1082 (17.6)a

1119 (18.2)a

308 (5.0)a

  

 Senior middle school

4634 (27.5)

2606 (56.2)a

914 (19.7)b

882 (19.0)a,b

232 (5.0)b

  

 College or above

3645 (21.6)

2144 (58.8)a,b

723 (19.8)b

616 (16.9)a

162 (4.4)a

  

Family economic level

     

246.08

 < 0.001

 Poor

2119 (12.6)

1094 (51.6)a

287 (13.5)b

579 (27.3)c

159 (7.5)c

  

 Fair

11,677 (69.3)

7031 (60.2)a

2097 (18.0)b

2057 (17.6)b

492 (4.2)c

  

 Good

3057 (18.1)

1708 (55.9)a

689 (22.5)b

468 (15.3)c

192 (6.3)b

  

Number of friends

     

538.55

 < 0.001

 0

553 (3.3)

228 (41.2)a

64 (11.6)a

164 (29.7)b

97 (17.5)c

  

 1–2

4096 (24.3)

2320 (56.6)a

573 (14.0)b

1002 (24.5)c

201 (4.9)a

  

 3–5

6949 (41.2)

4294 (61.8)a

1198 (17.2)b

1168 (16.8)b

289 (4.2)b

  

  ≥ 6

5255 (31.2)

2991 (56.9)a

1238 (23.6)b

770 (14.7)c

256 (4.9)a

  

Self-evaluation of academic performance

   

308.02

 < 0.001

 Poor

4087 (24.3)

1966 (48.1)a

800 (19.6)b

994 (24.3)c

327 (8.0)d

  

 Medium

10,316 (61.2)

6312 (61.2)a

1864 (18.1)b

1732 (16.8)c

408 (4.0)d

  

 Good

2450 (14.5)

1555 (63.5)a

409 (16.7)b

378 (15.4)b

108 (4.4)a,b

  
  1. Class1: Low all, Class2: Unhealthy lifestyle, Class3: Self-harm, Class4: High all
  2. a,b,c,dThere was no statistically significant difference between groups marked with the same letter