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Table 1 Participant characteristics of the child sample and the adolescent sample

From: Sleep-related difficulties in healthy children and adolescents

 

Child sample

(n = 855)

Adolescent sample

(n = 1,047)

 

n (%)

mean (SD)

n (%)

mean (SD)

Gender

 Male

434 (50.8)

 

508 (48.5)

 

 Female

421 (49.2)

 

539 (51.5)

 

Age (y)

 

7.2 (1.79)

 

13.2 (2.16)

 4–5

249 (29.1)

   

 6–7

251 (29.4)

   

 8–9

355 (41.5)

   

 10–11

  

365 (34.9)

 

 12–13

  

288 (27.5)

 

 14–15

  

260 (24.8)

 

 16–17

  

134 (12.8)

 

SES a

 

13.4 (3.39)

 

12.7 (3.47)

 Low

82 (9.6)

 

147 (14.0)

 

 Middle

499 (58.4)

 

640 (61.1)

 

 High

274 (32.0)

 

260 (24.8)

 
 

n (%) b

missing (%)

n (%) b

missing (%)

School education

 

232 (27.1)

 

455 (43.4)

 Low

17 (2.7)

 

30 (5.1)

 

 Middle

179 (28.7)

 

224 (37.9)

 

 High

413 (66.3)

 

318 (53.8)

 

Living with child

 

42 (4.91)

 

270 (25.8)

 Mother

803 (98.8)

 

755 (97.2)

 

 Father

601 (73.9)

 

522 (67.2)

 

Own nursery

684 (84.1)

42 (4.91)

716 (92.3)

271 (25.9)

  1. Low SES: SES 3–8.4; Middle SES: SES 8.5–15.4; High SES: SES 15.5–21
  2. Percentages were calculated excluding missing data