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Table 1 Sample Characteristics of N = 8504 (Mean Age = 20.71, SD = 4.32; 54.4% Female) Adolescents and Emerging Adults of KiGGS-2 in Total, Grouped by Sex (Male, Female) and Age (Underage, Full Age)

From: The role of weight- and appearance-related discrimination on eating disorder symptoms among adolescents and emerging adults

 

Total

Sex

Age

 

Male

Female

14–17 years

18+ years

 

n = 3870

n = 4634

n = 2426

n = 6078

% [95% CI]

% [95% CI]

% [95% CI]

% [95% CI]

% [95% CI]

ED symptoms

18.52 [17.71–19.35]

10.96 [10.02–11.97]

24.94 [23.71–26.20]

21.04 [19.46–22.73]

17.63 [16.09–18.61]

Weight-related discrimination

 Never

72.85 [71.90–73.79]

75.89 [74.52–77.21]

70.33 [68.99–71.63]

74.33 [72.28–76.81]

72.44 [71.30–73.55]

 Seldom

14.26 [13.54–15.02]

13.93 [12.87–15.06]

14.54 [13.56–15.59]

15.09 [13.53–16.81]

13.91 [13.07–14.81]

 Sometimes

8.71 [8.13–9.33]

7.57 [6.78–8.44]

9.67 [8.85–10.55]

7.57 [6.45–8.87]

9.08 [8.38–9.83]

 Often

3.08 [2.73–3.47]

1.90 [1.59–2.48]

3.99 [3.46–4.54]

1.58 [1.10–2.26]

3.53 [3.10–4.03]

 Very often

1.08 [0.88–1.33]

0.62 [0.42–0.92]

1.47 [1.16–1.86]

1.41 [0.97–2.07]

1.02 [0.79–1.31]

Appearance-related discrimination

 Never

69.16 [68.17–70.13]

72.13 [70.69–73.52]

66.67 [65.30–68.02]

67.83 [65.65–69.93]

69.61 [68.44–70.75]

 Seldom

18.05 [17.25–18.89]

17.45 [16.28–18.67]

18.56 [17.47–19.71]

20.21 [18.43–22.11]

17.49 [16.56–18.47]

 Sometimes

9.20 [8.60–9.83]

8.13 [7.31–9.03]

10.08 [9.25–10.99]

8.47 [7.27–9.83]

9.37 [8.66–10.13]

 Often

2.57 [2.26–2.93]

1.68 [1.31–2.13]

3.32 [1.84–3.88]

2.24 [1.65–3.03]

2.59 [2.22–3.02]

 Very often

1.02 [0.83–1.26]

0.62 [0.42–0.92]

1.36 [1.06–1.74]

1.26 [0.84–1.88]

0.94 [0.72–1.21]

Parental SES

 Low

10.75 [10.11–11.44]

10.11 [9.19–11.11]

11.29 [10.41–12.25]

10.48 [9.33–11.78]

10.87 [10.10–11.66]

 Moderate

61.08 [60.00–62.11]

60.62 [59.06–62.22]

61.46 [60.04–62.86]

60.66 [58.69–62.59]

61.25 [60.00–62.52]

 High

28.16 [27.21–29.13]

29.27 [27.84–30.73]

27.24 [25.97–28.55]

28.86 [27.08–30.70]

27.88 [26.76–29.03]

Body image

 Just right

38.44 [37.42–39.48]

40.42 [38.90–41.96]

36.77 [35.39–38.16]

44.31 [42.37–46.27]

36.06 [34.87–37.27]

 A little too thin

12.49 [11.82–13.21]

19.97 [18.75–21.24]

6.16 [5.50–6.89]

14.15 [12.84–15.58]

11.82 [11.04–12.66]

 Much too thin

1.79 [1.53–2.09]

2.73 [2.27–3.29]

1.00 [0.74–1.32]

1.85 [1.39–2.46]

1.76 [1.46–2.13]

 A little too thick

40.59 [39.56–41.63]

32.30 [30.85–33.77]

47.63 [46.19–49.06]

34.90 [33.05–36.80]

42.90 [41.67–44.15]

 Much too thick

6.68 [6.17–7.23]

4.58 [3.97–5.27]

8.46 [7.69–9.29]

4.78 [4.01–5.70]

7.45 [6.82–8.13]

Self-efficacy1

65.72 [65.41–66.01]

68.19 [67.76–68.62]

63.65 [63.24–64.07]

65.17 [64.58–65.75]

65.93 [65.57–66.29]

Social media use2

1.59 [1.55–1.62]

1.40 [1.35–1.44]

1.78 [1.73–1.83]

1.91 [1.83–1.99]

1.49 [1.45–1.57]

Social support3

91 [78–100]

88 [72–100]

94 [81–100]

91 [78–100]

94 [78–100]

  1. Note. 1Self-efficacy is indicated by its mean and 95% confidence interval, min = 0 and max = 100. 2Social support is indicated by its median and interquartile range, min = 0 and max = 100. 3Social media use is indicated by the average time spent in hours a day and 95% confidence interval, min = 0 (never) and max = 5 (five hours or more)