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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of 419 adolescents and their parents

From: Measuring health-related quality of life in young adolescents: Reliability and validity in the Norwegian version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ 4.0 (PedsQL) generic core scales

Adolescents

N

%

Total sample

419

 

   Girls

235

56.1

   Boys

184

43.9

School grade:

  

   8th grade

140

32.9

   9th grade

142

33.4

   10th grade

143

33.7

Parental education and economy

  

Mothers

216

 

Mothers education:

  

   Elementary school

10

4.7

   Highschool graduate

51

23.6

   Post high school

155

71.7

Fathers

110

 

Fathers education:

  

   Elementary school

5

4.4

   Highschool graduate

25

22.8

   Post high school

80

72.8

Economy

235

 

   Very satisfying

26

11.1

   Good

198

84.2

   Poor

11

4.7