Variables | Secondary school students in Eastern Tanta | X2 or t test and P value | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
With eating disorders (n = 38) | Without eating disorders (n = 369) | ||||
Age (years) | Range | Mean ± SD | Range | Mean ± SD | t = 0.04 P = 0.968 |
16-17 | 16.05 ± 0.23 | 16-17.5 | 16.05 ± 0.23 | ||
Gender | N | % | N | % | X2 = 17.647 P = 0.0001** |
 Males | 7 | 18 | 200 | 54 | |
 Females | 31 | 82 | 169 | 46 | |
Father’s income | N | % | N | % | X2 = 3.854 P = 0.278 |
 No income | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 | |
 Not enough | 4 | 10.5 | 19 | 5.1 | |
 Enough | 24 | 63.2 | 203 | 55 | |
 Enough and spare | 10 | 26.3 | 146 | 39.6 | |
Father’s description | N | % | N | % | X2 = 3.979 P = 0.264 |
 Kind | 29 | 76.3 | 309 | 83.7 | |
 Dominant | 9 | 23.7 | 49 | 13.3 | |
 Harmful | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.6 | |
 Dictatorial | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.4 | |
Mother’s description | N | % | N | % | X2 = 2.31 P = 0.511 |
 Kind | 34 | 89.5 | 330 | 89.4 | |
 Dominant | 2 | 5.3 | 32 | 8.6 | |
 Harmful | 1 | 2.6 | 3 | 1 | |
 Dictatorial | 1 | 2.6 | 4 | 1 | |
Crowding index | N | % | N | % | X2 = 0.032 P = 0.984 |
 One | 5 | 13.2 | 49 | 13.3 | |
 Two | 31 | 81.5 | 298 | 80.7 | |
 Three | 2 | 5.3 | 22 | 6 | |
Home atmosphere | N | % | N | % | X2 = 5.434 P = 0.143 |
 Warm | 8 | 21.1 | 109 | 30 | |
 Peaceful | 17 | 44.7 | 185 | 50 | |
 Over-criticizing | 6 | 15.8 | 45 | 12 | |
 Full of problems, annoying | 7 | 18.4 | 30 | 8 |