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Table 1 Descriptive statistics for study variables in the 2011 NordChild survey by country (N = 6,609)

From: Prevalence of overweight in 2 to 17 year-old children and adolescents whose parents live separately: a Nordic cross-sectional study

 

Denmark (n = 1,610)

 

Finland (n = 1,240)

 

Iceland (n = 1,263)

 

Norway (n = 1,279)

 

Sweden (n = 1,217)

 

Separate

Cohabiting

 

Separate

Cohabiting

 

Separate

Cohabiting

 

Separate

Cohabiting

 

Separate

Cohabiting

 
 

n

(%)

n

(%)

P a

n

(%)

n

(%)

P a

n

(%)

n

(%)

P a

n

(%)

n

(%)

P a

n

(%)

n

(%)

P a

Participants

234

(14.5)

1,376

(85.5)

 

210

(16.9)

1,030

(83.1)

 

201

(15.9)

1,062

(84.1)

 

215

(16.8)

1,064

(83.2)

 

239

(19.6)

978

(80.4)

 

Gender

                         

boys

119

(15.0)

677

(85.1)

 

95

(15.9)

501

(84.1)

 

101

(15.4)

54

(84.6)

 

104

(16.4)

531

(83.6)

 

127

(20.3)

499

(79.7)

 

girls

115

(14.1)

699

(85.9)

0.64

115

(17.9)

529

(82.1)

0.37

100

(16.5)

508

(83.6)

0.62

111

(17.2)

533

82.8)

0.68

112

(19.0)

479

(81.0)

0.56

Age groups

                         

2-5 years

32

(8.2)

358

(91.8)

 

29

(10.0)

260

(90.0)

 

24

(8.3)

266

(91.7)

 

13

(4.7)

261

(95.3)

 

17

(6.1)

263

(93.9)

 

6-9 years

53

(12.9)

358

(87.1)

 

51

(14.3)

306

(85.7)

 

42

(13.7)

265

(86.3)

 

51

(15.7)

274

(84.3)

 

45

(14.7)

262

(85.3)

 

10-13 years

83

(20.0)

333

(80.0)

 

79

(23.6)

256

(76.4)

 

66

(20.1)

263

(79.9)

 

70

(19.5)

289

(80.5)

 

85

(25.9)

243

(74.1)

 

14-17 years

66

(16.8)

327

(83.2)

<0.01

51

(19.7)

208

(80.3)

<0.01

69

(20.5)

268

(79.5)

<0.01

81

(25.2)

240

(74.8)

<0.01

92

(30.5)

210

(69.5)

<0.01

Maternal age

                         

< 35 years

21

(9.9)

192

(90.1)

 

51

(19.8)

186

(80.2)

 

48

(16.6)

242

(83.4)

 

25

(12.0)

183

(88.0)

 

28

(14.8)

161

(85.2)

 

35-44 years

113

(12.8)

771

(87.2)

 

95

(14.3)

571

(85.7)

 

85

(13.5)

544

(86.5)

 

106

(15.0)

603

(85.0)

 

118

(17.4)

560

(82.6)

 

≥ 45 years

68

(17.5)

320

(82.5)

0.02

46

(16.7)

254

(83.3)

0.13

48

(16.0)

253

(84.0)

0.40

44

(16.1)

229

(83.9)

0.44

60

(20.8)

228

(79.2)

0.22

Maternal educational level

                        

≤9 years

6

(12.0)

44

(88.0)

 

14

(26.4)

39

(73.6)

 

38

(20.7)

146

(79.4)

 

19

(19.4)

79

(80.6)

 

15

(34.9)

28

(65.1)

 

10-11 years

48

(15.6)

260

(84.4)

 

39

(20.3)

153

(79.7)

 

13

(15.3)

72

(84.7)

 

13

(17.3)

62

(82.7)

 

32

(21.2)

119

(78.8)

 

≥12 years

120

(12.0)

879

(88.0)

0.26

138

(14.8)

796

(85.2)

0.02

106

(12.6)

735

(87.4)

0.02

150

(14.8)

866

(85.2)

0.42

156

(16.6)

784

(83.4)

<0.01

Paternal age

                         

< 35 years

7

(5.5)

121

(94.5)

 

18

(13.1)

119

(86.9)

 

23

(12.7)

158

(87.3)

 

14

(12.3)

100

(87.7)

 

17

(15.6)

92

(84.4)

 

35-44 years

40

(5.8)

652

(94.2)

 

54

(9.7)

55

(90.3)

 

44

(8.6)

469

(91.4)

 

54

(9.2)

535

(90.8)

 

63

(11.2)

499

(88.8)

 

≥ 45 years

41

(7.8)

485

(92.2)

0.33

41

(9.7)

381

(90.3)

0.46

26

(6.5)

375

(93.5)

0.05

42

(10.3)

364

(89.7)

0.56

46

(11.5)

354

(88.5)

0.42

Paternal educational level

                         

≤9 years

9

(6.6)

128

(93.4)

 

12

(15.4)

66

(84.6)

 

20

(11.0)

162

(89.0)

 

19

(15.6)

103

(84.4)

 

11

(12.1)

80

(87.9)

 

10-11 years

26

(7.6)

318

(92.4)

 

47

(12.6)

327

(87.4)

 

6

(8.3)

66

(91.7)

 

13

(12.3)

93

(87.7)

 

31

(15.1)

174

(84.9)

 

≥12 years

40

(5.4)

699

(94.6)

0.38

49

(7.7)

589

(92.3)

0.01

57

(7.7)

686

(92.3)

0.35

77

(9.0)

780

(91.0)

0.06

85

(11.1)

678

(88.9)

0.30

  1. aP value, chi square test
  2. Cohabiting: Parents of the child lived together.
  3. Separate: Parents of the child lived separately.