Skip to main content

Table 1 Demographic variables in the youth@hordaland-survey (n = 8988)

From: Adolescent school absenteeism and service use in a population-based study

 

Low absence

Moderate absence

High absence

 
 

n = 3684

n = 4394

n = 910

 
 

41.0 %

48.9 %

10.1 %

 
 

%

n

%

n

%

n

p-value

Gender

      

<.000

 Girls

36.6

1696

52.0

2407

11.3

525

 

 Boys

45.6

1988

45.6

1987

8.8

385

 

Age

      

<.000

 16

47.8

1729

45.2

1634

7.1

256

 

 17

41.7

1324

48.4

1536

9.9

314

 

 18

28.7

631

55.8

1224

15.5

340

 

School program

      

<.000

 General studies

39.5

1890

52.4

2506

8.0

383

 

 Vocational training (in school)

43.4

1262

44.3

1289

12.3

359

 

 Vocational training (work placement)

58.8

104

32.8

58

8.5

15

 

Living situation

      

<.000

 Living with family

41.5

3368

49.0

3976

9.4

765

 

 Living alone/with friends

36.7

280

46.2

352

17.1

130

 

Maternal education

      

<.000

 Primary school

34.4

245

50.8

362

14.9

106

 

 Secondary school (vocational training)

41.1

616

48.6

728

10.3

155

 

 Secondary school (general studies)

43.6

564

47.6

617

8.8

114

 

 College/university (<4 years)

42.6

551

49.5

640

7.9

102

 

 College/university (4+ years)

39.8

737

51.6

955

8.6

159

 
  1. P-value indicates significant differences between adolescents with low, moderate and high absence. The p-values are derived from chi-square tests