Adolescents' Psychosomatic Symptoms and Family Affluence in the Czech Republic: Based on National Evidence

Table 1.

The summary of descriptive statisticsfor sample characteristics

Variable

Whole sample (N=12166)

n(%)

Sample with PSS (N=7271)

n(%)

Sample without PSS (N=4895)

n(%)

Chi-square test

χ2

Gender

 

 

 

228.528***

Male

6117(50.3)

3247(44.7)

2870(58.6)

 

Female

6049(49.7)

4024(55.3)

2025(41.4)

 

Grade

 

 

 

140.738***

Special grade for 11-year old

3736(30.7)

1943(26.7)

1793(36.6)

 

Special grade for 13-year old

4285(35.2)

2654(36.5)

1631(33.3)

 

Special grade for 15-year old

4145(34.1)

2674(36.8)

1471(30.1)

 

City size

 

 

 

19.402***

50+ inhabitants

2799(23.0)

1720(23.7)

1079(22.0)

 

10K-49.9K

3364(27.7)

2062(28.4)

1302(26.6)

 

2K-9.9K

2678(22.0)

1603(22.0)

1075(22.0)

 

<2K

3325(27.3)

1886(25.9)

1439(29.4)

 

Class of Family Affluence

 

 

 

13.322***

Low affluence

3126(25.7)

1954(26.9)

1172(23.9)

 

Medium affluence

7096(58.3)

4166(59.9)

2930(57.3)

 

High affluence

1944(16.0)

1151(16.2)

793(15.8)

 

Note: PSS referred to psychosomatic symptoms. In Chi-square test column, p***<0.01.

Note: PSS referred to psychosomatic symptoms. In Chi-square test column, p***<0.01.