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Table 3 Books, messages and messages per book according to school year and subject.

From: Are the health messages in schoolbooks based on scientific evidence? A descriptive study

   

Books

Analysed

Health

Messages

Health

Messages

per Book2

   

n (%) 1

 

Year of School

Primary

1

14 (17.5)

83 (9.8)

5.9

  

2

12 (2)

59 (7)

4.9

  

3

10 (12.5)

113 (13.4)

11.3

  

4

7 (8.7)

134 (15.9)

19.1

  

5

8 (10)

62 (7.6)

7.8

  

6

8 (10)

97 (11.5)

12.1

 

Secondary

1

8 (10)

29 (3.4)

3.6

  

2

4 (5)

7 (0.8)

1.8

  

3

7 (8.7)

260 (30.8)

37.1

  

4

2 (2.5)

-

 

Subject Matter

Globalised Method

12 (15)

79 (9.4)

6.6

 

Environmental Knowledge

32 (40)

432 (51.2)

13.5

 

Spanish Language and Literature

11 (13.7)

28 (3.3)

2.5

 

Mathematics

6 (7.5)

8 (0.9)

1.3

 

Natural Sciences

7 (8.7)

33 (3.9)

4.7

 

Social Sciences Geography and History

2 (2.5)

-

-

 

Technology

2 (2.5)

4 (0.5)

2

 

Biology and Geology

8 (10)

260 (30.8)

32.5

TOTAL

  

80

844

10.6

  1. 1Frequency and percentage. 2Average number of messages per book.