Table 2 Demographic characteristics of the adolescents' family members or peers by age, sex, education level, family size, place of residence, and population group (n = 1195)
Variable | Frequency | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (year) | 9 and below | 49 | 4.1 |
10–19 | 318 | 26.6 | |
20–29 | 171 | 14.3 | |
30–39 | 276 | 23.1 | |
40–49 | 235 | 19.7 | |
50–59 | 87 | 7.3 | |
60 and over | 59 | 4.9 | |
Sex | female | 750 | 62.8 |
male | 445 | 37.2 | |
Education level | illiterate | 41 | 3.4 |
primary school | 125 | 10.5 | |
middle school | 169 | 14.1 | |
high school | 219 | 18.3 | |
associate degree | 321 | 26.9 | |
bachelor | 34 | 2.8 | |
postgraduate | 5 | 0.4 | |
other (children) | 39 | 3.3 | |
Family size | 3 and lower | 224 | 18.7 |
4 | 467 | 39.1 | |
5 | 284 | 23.8 | |
6 | 148 | 12.4 | |
7 | 33 | 2.8 | |
8 and higher | 39 | 3.3 | |
Place of residence | urban | 766 | 64.1 |
rural | 429 | 35.9 | |
Population group | prisoners’ families | 300 | 25.1 |
foreigners | 302 | 25.3 | |
poor families | 593 | 49.6 | |
Suffering from diseases | diabetes | 35 | 2.9 |
hypertension | 48 | 4.0 | |
heart diseases | 25 | 2.1 | |
respiratory diseases | 12 | 1.0 | |
malignancies | 5 | 0.4 | |
other | 25 | 2.1 | |