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Table 1 Sample description

From: Self-reported physical and mental health status and quality of life in adolescents: a latent variable mediation model

Variable

Percentage

Minority status (N = 7,882)

 

   No, "white"

72.6%

   Yes, Asian

5.8%

   Yes, Aboriginal

16.5%

   Other or mixed

5.1%

Sex (N = 8,163)

 

   Male

49.8%

   Female

50.2%

Grade (N = 8,074)

 

   Grades 7 or 8

23.2%

   Grade 9

19.4%

   Grade 10

23.7%

   Grade 11

21.1%

   Grade 12 or "other"

12.6%

Living arrangements (N = 7,582)

 

   Lives with mother and father

59.9%

   Lives with mother and not father

25.7%

   Lives with father and not mother

7.8%

   Does not live with mother or father

6.7%

Satisfied with quality of life (N = 7,606)

 

   Strongly disagree

4.6%

   Disagree

13.0%

   Agree

52.7%

   Strongly agree

29.6%

  1. Percentages may not sum to exactly 100% due to rounding.