Identifying the sociodemographic determinants of subjective health complaints in a cross-sectional study of Greek adolescents

Table 2 Mean and standard deviation of the subjective health complaints score and group comparisons according to sample characteristics

Category	Value	Subjective health complaints score
Category	Value	Mean	SD	P value
Sex	Female	18.38	6.24	<0.001^a
Sex	Male	15.86	5.84
Age in years	12 to 15	16.63	6.1	<0.001^a
Age in years	16 to 18	18.88	6.17
Where does the child live?	Urban	17.24	6.48	0.52^b
	Semi-urban	17.63	6.13
	Rural	17.18	6.05
Family affluence scale	Low	18.11	6.41	0.006^a
Family affluence scale	Medium/high	16.95	6.04
Highest ISCED category	Low	18.04	6.23	0.05^b
	Medium	17.44	6.38
	High	16.90	6.00
Mother and/or father unemployed?	No	15.20	5.44	0.02^a
Mother and/or father unemployed?	Yes	17.49	6.23
Mother and/or father born in other country?	No	17.40	6.17	0.91^a
Mother and/or father born in other country?	Yes	17.17	6.7
In which country were you born?	In country	17.37	6.15	0.97^a
In which country were you born?	Other country	17.54	7.04
Perceived quality of financial resources		−0.23^c		<0.001

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