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Table 1 Description of variables used in analysis

From: Family structure and breakfast consumption of 11-15 year old boys and girls in Scotland, 1994-2010: a repeated cross-sectional study

Measure

% a (N)

N

(26626)

Year:

 

1994

17.5 (4664)

1998

20.3 (5410)

2002

16.2 (4314)

2006

21.8 (5808)

2010

24.1 (6430)

Sex:

 

Boys

49.0 (13036)

Girls

51.0 (13590)

Grade:

 

P7 (mean age 11.5)

35.1 (9335)

S2 (mean age 13.5)

33.1 (8819)

S4 (mean age 15.5)

31.8 (8473)

Family Structure:

 

Both parents

70.6 (18795)

Single mother

16.0 (4266)

Single father

1.9 (509)

Step family

10.4 (2759)

Other

1.1 (297)

Breakfast consumption:

 

Daily

54.3 (14453)

Less than daily

45.7 (12173)

Age (Meanb (s.d.))

13.50 (1.67)

  1. aPercentages for all but year variable were weighted by year
  2. bWeighted by year
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