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Table 1 Headache prevalence by sociodemographic characteristics in the sample

From: Prevalence and burden of headache in children and adolescents in Austria – a nationwide study in a representative sample of pupils aged 10–18 years

 

n (%)

Headache (any type) during the preceding year (%)

Yes

No

p

Total

3386 (100%)

75.7%

24.3%

 

Gender

 Girls

1874 (55.4%)

82.1%

17.9%

Chi2 = 93.9, p < 0.001

 Boys

1500 (44.5%)

67.7%

32.3%

 Missing

12

  

School grade

 5th grade

496 (14.6%)

63.9%

36.1%

Chi2 = 49.9, p < 0.001

 7th grade

865 (25.5%)

77.3%

22.7%

 9th grade

1087 (32.1%)

75.6%

24.4%

 11th grade

938 (27.7%)

80.4%

19.6%

Socioeconomic statusa

 Low

766 (23.4%)

76.2%

23.8%

Chi2 = 0.4, p = 0.808

 Medium

1750 (53.5%)

76.1%

23.9%

 High

756 (23.1%)

75.0%

25.0%

 Missing

114

  

Family constellation

 Both biological parents

2437 (74.3%)

74.8%

25.2%

Chi2 = 7.2, p = 0.027

 Single parent

547 (16.7%)

78.8%

21.2%

 Patchwork

295 (9.0%)

79.7%

20.3%

 Missing

107

  

Place of residencea

 Urban

1955 (58.5%)

75.9%

24.1%

Chi2 = 0.4, p = 0.524

 Rural

1385 (41.5%)

74.9%

25.1%

 Missing

46

  

Migration backgrounda

 No

2470 (74.3%)

76.4%

23.6%

Chi2 = 2.9, p = 0.088

 Yes

855 (25.7%)

73.5%

26.5%

 Missing

61

  
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