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Table 1 Characteristics of the 4553 children and their parents

From: Chinese translation and validation of a parental feeding style questionnaire for parents of Hong Kong preschoolers

Characteristic

* $Frequency (%)

Children

 

Gender

 

Male

2360 (52.0%)

Female

2175 (48.0%)

Grade

 

Nursery

59 (1.3%)

Kindergarten 1

1572 (34.5%)

Kindergarten 2

1453 (31.9%)

Kindergarten 3

1468 (32.2%)

School status

 

Whole day

777 (17.1%)

Half-day (a.m. only)

2400 (52.8%)

Half-day (p.m. only)

1369 (30.1%)

Place of birth

 

Hong Kong

4270 (94.3%)

China

210 (4.6%)

Other place

47 (1.0%)

Parents

 

Father’s job status

 

Full-time

3823 (87.0%)

Part-time

278 (6.3%)

Unemployed

129 (2.9%)

Retired

27 (0.6%)

Not applicable/ Unknown

136 (3.1%)

Mother’s job status

 

Full-time

1558 (35.6%)

Part-time

510 (11.6%)

Unemployed

2223 (50.7%)

Retired

9 (0.2%)

Not applicable/Unknown

82 (1.9%)

Father’s education level

 

Primary school or below

304 (6.8%)

Secondary school

3092 (69.5%)

Diploma/Degree or higher

963 (21.6%)

Not applicable/Unknown

90 (2.0%)

Mother’s education level

 

Primary school or below

378 (8.4%)

Secondary school

3272 (72.9%)

Diploma/Degree or higher

790 (17.6%)

Not applicable/unknown

50 (1.1%)

Relationship to the child

 

Father

580 (12.9%)

Mother

3748 (83.4%)

Others

165 (3.7%)

Siblings

 

0

1700 (37.7%)

1

2069 (45.9%)

2 or more

743 (16.5%)

  1. *Due to rounding error, the sum of percentage may not equal to 100%.
  2. $Due to missing data, the sum of frequency may not equal to 4553.