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Table 1 Sample demographic characteristics (n = 5670)

From: Adolescent risk factors for purging in young women: findings from the national longitudinal study of adolescent health

Variable

N

Unweighted %

Weighted %

Purging occurrence, Wave II

58

0.54%

0.88%

Purging occurrence, Wave III

36

0.33%

0.56%

Race Other Than White

2507

44.22%

30.97%

Education

   

Less than HS

689

12.15%

11.65%

HS diploma

1625

28.66%

32.10%

Some college

1155

20.37%

22.38%

College diploma

1953

34.44%

33.87%

 

Unweighted mean

Unweighted SD

 

Age1

15.15

1.57

 
  1. 1Weighted descriptives unavailable for quantitative variables.