Associations between socioeconomic, parental and home environment factors and fruit and vegetable consumption of children in grades five and six in British Columbia, Canada

Table 3 Descriptive statistics for responses from parents of children with baseline fruit and vegetable intake data ²

Variable	Number	Percentage
I have good access to stores to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables
Strongly disagree	7	1.3
Disagree	13	2.4
Agree	201	36.2
Strongly agree	333	60.2
How would you describe your child’s eating habits?
Unhealthy	10	1.8
Somewhat healthy	182	33.1
Healthy	302	54.9
Very healthy	56	10.2
How many times each week does your family eat supper at the table together?
Never or < 1 time per week	27	4.9
1-2 times per week	56	10.2
3-4 times per week	123	22.4
5 or more times per week	344	62.5
How many times each week does your family eat supper in front of the TV?
Never or < 1 time per week	329	60.4
1-2 times per week	121	22.2
3-4 times per week	47	8.6
5 or more times per week	48	8.8
How many times each week does your family eat at a fast food restaurant, or eat food taken out from a fast food restaurant?
Never or < 1 time per week	350	63.5
1-2 times per week	191	34.7
3-4 times per week	10	1.8
5 or more times per week	none	none
How much do you personally care about staying fit or exercising?
Not at all to a little bit	119	21.8
Quite a lot	253	46.3
Very much	175	32.0
How much do you personally care about eating healthy foods?
Not at all to a little bit	43	7.9
Quite a lot	286	52.5
Very much	216	39.6

²Only valid percent displayed. Non response rate for; ‘Good access to FV’ is 7.2%, ‘How would you describe your child’s eating habits’ is 7.7%, ‘How many times does your child eat supper at the table together’ is 7.7%, ‘How many times each week does your family eat supper in front of the TV’ is 8.6%, ‘How many times does your family eat at a fast food restaurant’ is 7.6%, ‘How much do you personally care about staying fit’ is 8.2%, and ‘How much do you personally care about eating healthy foods’ is 8.6%.

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