Table 1 Descriptive statistics of adolescents by sex groups
From: Development and validation of the body image scale for youth (BISY)
|  | Boys (n = 422) | Girls (n = 435) | p value* |
|---|---|---|---|
Marital status of parents | Â | Â | Â |
Married | 403(95.5)** | 406(93.3) | 0.257 |
Divorced/widowed | 19(4.5) | 29(6.7) | Â |
Maternal level of education | Â | Â | Â |
Primary | 59(14.0) | 73(16.8) | 0.267 |
Secondary | 168(39.8) | 152(34.9) | Â |
Higher | 195(46.2) | 210(48.3) | Â |
Maternal working status | Â | Â | Â |
Housewife | 314(74.4) | 333(76.6) | 0.466 |
Employed/student | 108(25.6) | 102(23.4) | Â |
Paternal level of education | Â | Â | Â |
Primary | 78(18.5) | 77(17.7) | 0.771 |
Secondary | 139(32.9) | 136(31.3) | Â |
Higher | 205(48.6) | 222(51.0) | Â |
Paternal working status | Â | Â | Â |
Employee/laborer | 145(34.3) | 164(37.7) | 0.467 |
Self-employed | 236(55.9) | 225(51.7) | Â |
Unemployed/retired | 41(9.7) | 46(10.2) | Â |
Adolescents’ body weight status |  |  |  |
Underweight | 11(2.6) | 28(6.4) | < 0.001 |
Normal-weight | 246(58.3) | 308(70.8) | Â |
Overweight | 79(18.7) | 63(14.5) | Â |
Obese | 86(20.4) | 36(8.3) | Â |