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Table 1 Demographic data and socio-familial factors

From: Clinical characteristics of headache in Italian adolescents aged 11–16 years: a cross-sectional questionnaire school-based study

 

Overall

Group 1

Group 2

Sign

(n = 1950)

(n = 1272)

(n = 678)

(p value)

Gender (n = 1950)

 Males

944 (48.41%)

566

378

< 0,001

 Females

1006 (51.59%)

706

300

Age (n = 1937, 13 missing)

 11–12 years

71 (3.66%)

49

22

0,9

 13–14 years

1830 (94.48%)

1189

641

 15–16 years

36 (1.86%)

25

11

Place of birth (n = 1944, 6 missing)

 Italy

1836 (94.44%)

1192

644

0,145

 Abroad

108 (5.56%)

78

30

Geographic area (n = 1951)

 North-West

460 (23.58%)

303

157

0,87

 North-East

402 (20.6%)

257

145

 Central Italy

374 (19.17%)

241

133

 Southern Italy

467 (23.94%)

303

164

 Islands

248 (12.71%)

168

80

Residence (population density) (n = 1951)

 Rural (< 20.000 inhabitants)

863 (44.23%)

581

282

0,033

 Town (20.000–100.000 inhabitants)

595 (30.5%)

362

233

 City (100.000–500.000 inhabitants)

200 (10.25%)

127

73

 Metropolis (> 500.000 inhabitants)

293 (15.02%)

202

91

Parental origin (n = 1940, 10 missing)

 Both Italians

1626 (83.77%)

1055

571

0,3

 Italian mother, non-Italian father

47 (2.42%)

30

17

 Italian father, non-Italian mother

92 (4.74%)

58

34

 Both non-Italians

175 (%9.02)

125

50

Family composition (n = 1941, 9 missing)

 Living with both parents

1616 (83.21%)

1036

580

0,012

 Living with the mother

198 (10.20%)

134

64

 Living with the father

21 (1.08%)

18

3

 Living with mother and stepfather

90 (4.63%)

71

19

 Living with father and stepmother

5 (0.26%)

2

3

 Living without the parents

11 (0.57%)

6

5