Table 2 Rates of Disordered Eating (DE) by sociodemographic variables, BMI categories, and dinner options among Jewish and Arab adolescents - Results of univariate analyses, The 2nd National Health and Nutrition youth survey, 2015–2016
From: Disordered eating among Arab and Jewish youth in Israel: the role of eating dinner with the family
|  | Jews N = 3251 | Arabs N = 1675 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Rates of DE n(%) | Differences in rates across categories chi-square, p value | Rates of DE n(%) | Differences in rates across categories chi-square, p value | |
Sex |  | χ2 = 170.73,p < .001 |  | χ2 = 52.71,p < .001 |
 Females | 459(28.80) |  | 306(31.74) |  |
 Males | 176(10.62) |  | 115(16.17) |  |
Age (years) |  | χ2 = 29.85,p < .001 |  | χ2 = 3.31, p = .069 |
 11–14 | 250(15.66) |  | 200(23.26) |  |
 15+ | 385(23.26) |  | 221(27.12) |  |
BMI category |  | χ2 = 71.27,p < .001 |  | χ2 = 22.54,p < .001 |
 Underweight & Healthy weight | 305(15.06) |  | 224(21.48) |  |
 Overweight | 149(28.22) |  | 101(31.27) |  |
 Obese | 80(30.19) |  | 71(33.97) |  |
SES of school |  | χ2 = 10.42,p = .001 |  | χ2 = 0.97, p = .32 |
 Low | 349(21.81) |  | 259(24.34) |  |
 High | 286(17.32) |  | 162(26.51) |  |
Where did you eat dinner last night? |  | χ2 = 27.77,p < .001 |  | χ2 = 23.33,p < .001 |
 At home with parents/family | 349(17.56) |  | 225(22.08) |  |
 At home alone | 78(20.10) |  | 45(30.00) |  |
 At school/friend’s house/restaurant/cafeteria | 120(22.60) |  | 41(34.45) |  |
 Did not eat dinner | 54(33.33) |  | 63(36.21) |  |