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Table 1 Sample descriptives (N = 729)

From: Differential pathways to disordered eating for immigrant and native adolescents in Taiwan

 

All adolescents

Native adolescents

Immigrant adolescents

X2 (df)

p-value

Variables

N/Means

%/SD

N/Means

%/SD

N/Means

%/SD

  

Age

13.83

0.98

13.82

0.98

13.86

1.00

0.20 (3)

0.98

Sex

 Male

357

48.97

271

49.18

86

48.31

0.04 (1)

0.84

 Female

372

51.03

280

50.82

92

51.69

  

Parents of a foreign nationality

 Yes

178

24.42

  

 No

551

75.58

      

Disordered eating (EAT-26)

 Yes

83

11.39

53

9.62

30

16.85

6.98 (1)

0.01

 Mean EAT-26 score

11.68

8.38

11.4

8.21

12.56

8.85

70.09 (43)

0.01

Moderate to severepsychological distress (BSRS-5)

 Yes

119

16.32

84

15.25

35

19.66

1.92 (1)

0.17

Body overestimation

 Yes

58

8.02

43

7.88

15

8.47

0.07 (1)

0.80

Friend weight-teasing

 Yes

184

25.24

134

24.32

50

28.09

1.01 (1)

0.31

Family weight-teasing

 Yes

173

23.73

129

23.41

44

24.72

0.13 (1)

0.72

Mother with college degree or above

 Yes

205

28.1

170

30.9

35

19.7

8.33 (1)

0.004

Father with college degree or above

 Yes

229

32.62

172

32.39

57

33.33

0.05 (1)

0.82