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Table 2 Parental educational level by county

From: Design and descriptive results of the "Growth, Exercise and Nutrition Epidemiological Study In preSchoolers": The GENESIS Study

 

Attica*

(n = 1257)

Etoloakarnania†

(n = 449)

Halkidiki†

(n = 319)

Helia†

(n = 155)

Thessalonica*

(n = 194)

 

Counties

 

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

Father's educational level

          

   Illiterate- elementary

35

(2.7)

43

(9.6)

32

(10.1)

7

(4.4)

5

(2.5)

   Junior high school

57

(4.5)

62

(13.7)

60

(18.7)

31

(20.3)

25

(13.1)

   High school

450

(35.8)

186

(41.5)

114

(35.9)

59

(38.0)

62

(31.7)

   Further education

715

(56.9)

158

(35.2)

113

(35.3)

55

(37.3)

102

(52.8)

Mother's educational level

          

   Illiterate- elementary

19

(1.5)

29

(6.5)

7

(2.1)

7

(4.5)

9

(4.5)

   Junior high school

50

(4.0)

44

(9.8)

40

(12.6)

14

(8.9)

16

(8.5)

   High school

370

(29.4)

178

(39.7)

116

(36.5)

53

(34.4)

48

(24.5)

   Further education

818

(65.1)

198

(44.0)

156

(48.8)

81

(52.2)

121

(62.5)

  1. The sampling was random, multistage and stratified by parental educational level according to data provided by the National Statistical Service of Greece (Census of 1999).
  2. *: "Large Urban Areas"
  3. †: "Urban Areas" and "Rural Areas and Small Towns"