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Table 1 General characteristics of Hungarian high school students (n = 471)

From: Socioeconomic inequalities in mental well-being among Hungarian adolescents: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics

%

Mean

SD

N (response rate)

Absolute SES

    

Father:

    

Schooling

   

450 (95.5%)

High school or below

71.8%

  

338

College/university

23.8%

  

112

Occupation

   

418 (88.7%)

Non-manual

20.4%

  

96

Self-employed

24.2%

  

114

Manual

38.2%

  

180

Unemployed

5.9%

  

28

Mother:

    

Schooling

   

454 (96.4%)

High school or below

66.2%

  

312

College/university

30.1%

  

142

Occupation

   

430 (91.3%)

Non-manual

35%

  

165

Self-employed

13.4%

  

63

Manual

26.8%

  

126

Unemployed

15.9%

  

75

Subjective SES

   

428 (90.9%)

Lower class

1.5%

  

7

Lower-middle class

11%

  

52

Middle class

61.1%

  

288

Upper-middle class

15.5%

  

73

Upper class

1.7%

  

8

Socio-demographics

    

Gender

   

470 (99.8%)

Male

32.9%

  

155

Female

66.9%

  

315

Age

 

16.2

1.1

471 (100%)

Type of school

   

471 (100%)

Grammar

51.2%

  

241

Modern

42.9%

  

202

Technical

5.9%

  

28

Mental health

    

Need to belong

 

34

5.7

440 (93.4%)

Loneliness

 

32

8

402 (85.4%)

Psychosomatic symptoms

 

14.8

4.3

450 (95.5%)

Self-esteem

 

19

6.1

437 (92.8%)

Shyness

 

29.5

8.3

395 (83.9%)

  1. Percentages do not add up to 100% in most cases due to some missing values and rounding.