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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the children and adolescents in the KIDSCREEN sample, by country

From: Methods and representativeness of a European survey in children and adolescents: the KIDSCREEN study

Country *

Total

AT

CH

CZ

DE

EL

ES

FR

HU

IE

NL

PL

SE

UK

n (valid cases)

22,827

1,475

1,701

1,592

1,723

1,174

876

1,049

3,237

1,240

1,885

1,715

3,283

1,877

Children

              

Age range: 8 – 11

              

   mean age years (SD)

9.7 (1.1)

9.7 (1.1)

9.8 (1.0)

9.6 (1.0)

9.7 (1.1)

-

9.7 (1.1)

9.5 (1.1)

9.5 (1.1)

10.4 (0.7)

9.6 (1.1)

9.9 (1.0)

-

9.5 (1.0)

Female (%)

51.3

53.5

52.4

50.5

50.0

-

46.1

50.3

55.2

52.6

49.3

53.3

-

47.3

Socio-economic status **

              

   low FAS (%)

20.0

14.4

10.9

49.5

10.1

-

17.7

7.5

26.7

18.2

11.2

35.7

-

11.2

   Medium FAS (%)

45.4

49.2

44.7

41.6

46.5

-

47.6

44.4

47.2

48.9

49.0

48.8

-

36.7

   high FAS (%)

34.6

36.4

44.4

8.9

43.4

-

34.7

48.1

26.1

32.9

39.9

15.5

-

52.2

Adolescents

              

Age range: 12 – 18

              

   mean age years (SD)

14.4 (1.7)

14.5 (1.8)

14.5 (1.8)

14.9 (1.9)

14.6 (1.9)

14.6 (1.7)

14.7 (1.9)

14.6 (1.9)

14.6 (1.8)

14.6 (1.4)

14.6 (1.8)

14.8 (1.9)

13.7 (1.0)

14.1 (1.6)

Female (%)

53.8

53.9

54.2

48.9

52.0

59.7

50.8

52.8

60.8

62.2

52.2

55.5

49.0

49.7

Socio-economic status**

              

   low FAS (%)

23.3

14.1

11.3

48.9

12.5

37.3

21.7

9.0

32.3

14.4

9.4

39.1

-

14.2

   Medium FAS (%)

46.5

50.2

47.1

41.4

49.3

45.1

51.3

44.0

46.5

44.4

49.2

48.0

-

41.0

   high FAS (%)

30.3

35.7

41.7

9.7

38.2

17.6

27.0

47.0

21.2

41.2

41.4

12.9

-

44.8

  1. * Countries: AT = Austria, CH = Switzerland, CZ = Czech Republic, DE = Germany, EL = Greece ES = Spain, FR = France,, HU = Hungry, IE = Ireland; NL = Netherlands, PL = Poland, SE = Sweden, UK = United Kingdom.
  2. ** FAS: Family Affluence scale (0–3 = low; 4–5 = medium; 6–7 = high)