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Table 2 Sample characteristics.*

From: Are mental health and binge drinking associated in Dutch adolescents? Cross-sectional public health study

Age in years

 

12-15

16-18

 

Total

sample

Male

Female

Male

Female

N not weighted

10 019 (100)

2880 (46.9)

3260 (53.1)

1680 (43.3)

2199 (56.7)

N weighted**

10 020 (100)

2927 (51.0)

2808 (49.0)

2192 (51.2)

2093 (48.8)

Ethnic groups, non-western***

368 (3.7)

113 (3.9)

116 (4.2)

69 (3.1)

70 (3.4)

School, VMBO****

2274 (22.7)

974 (42.6)

924 (40.9)

215 (17.3)

161 (14.0)

Family, not living with both parents

1580 (15.8)

428 (15.3)

466 (17.2)

352 (17.1)

334 (17.5)

Parents, relationship below average

1866 (18.6)

434 (14.9)

484 (17.3)

454 (20.8)

494 (23.6)

Problematic life-events

2093 (20.9)

455 (15.6)

669 (23.9)

403 (18.5)

566 (27.2)

ADHD

219 (2.2)

106 (3.8)

18 (0.7)

63 (3.0)

32 (1.6)

Binge drinking previous 4 wks

3393 (33.9)

372 (12.9)

339 (12.3)

1506 (68.7)

1176 (56.8)

Binge drinking previous 4 wks > = 3 times

1607 (16.0)

97 (3.3)

90 (3.2)

904 (41.8)

516 (24.9)

Soft drugs previous 4 wks

398 (4.0)

45 (1.6)

34 (1.3)

203 (9.4)

116 (5.6)

Alcohol and drugs together

342 (3.4)

37 (1.3)

25 (0.9)

183 (8.4)

97 (4.7)

Mental health, moderate or poor

1389 (13.9)

247 (8.6)

418 (15.0)

259 (11.9)

465 (22.5)

  1. * Data are shown as number and valid percentage (%) for the total sample and for sex within age strata.
  2. ** A weighting procedure was applied for gender, age and town size.
  3. *** Non-western ethnic groups include immigrants from Turkey, Morocco, Surinam, Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles, Africa, Asia (Indonesia and Japan not included) and Latin America. Western ethnic groups include immigrants from: European countries (Turkey not included) Indonesia, Japan, North America and Oceania.
  4. **** VMBO, preparatory secondary vocational education, it is a preparation for middle-level applied education.