Table 2 The prevalence of overweight and difference in prevalence proportion in 2-17-year-old children whose parents lived separately at the time of study, stratified by country

Denmark

Overall

1,610

11.2

(9.6; 12.7)

Cohabiting

152^c

11.0

(9.4; 12.7)

Separate

28^c

12.0

(7.8; 16.1)

(-3.6; 5.4)

0.69

Finland

Overall

1,240

16.5

(14.5; 18.6)

Cohabiting

165^c

16.0

(13.8; 18.3)

Separate

40^c

19.0

(13.7; 24.4)

(-2.7; 8.8)

0.30

Iceland

Overall

1,263

19.0

(16.8; 21.2)

Cohabiting

186^c

17.5

(15.1; 19.7)

Separate

54^c

26.9

(20.7; 33.0)

(2.8; 15.9)

<0.01

Norway

Overall

1,279

15.3

(13.3; 17.3)

Cohabiting

158^c

14.8

(12.7; 17.0)

Separate

38^c

17.8

(12.6; 22.8)

(-2.7; 8.4)

0.32

Sweden

Overall

1,217

16.3

(14.2; 18.3)

Cohabiting

149^c

15.2

(13.0; 17.5)

Separate

49^c

20.5

(15.4; 25.6)

(-0.3; 10.9)

0.07