Table 2 Distribution of demographic, lifestyles and family variables by presence of overweight problems
| Â | Â | Total sample | Â | Eastern Europe | Â | Western Europe | Â | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | No Overw (%) | Overw (%) | pvalue | No Overw (%) | Overw (%) | pvalue | No Overw (%) | Overw (%) | pvalue |
Age | Years mean (SD) | 8.7 (1.33) | 8.6 (1.28) | 0.16 | 8.8 (1.23) | 8.7 (1.23) | <0.01 | 8.4 (1.46) | 8.4 (1.47) | 0.931 |
Mother’s age | Years mean (SD) | 37.4 (5.60) | 36.3 (5.63) | <0.0001 | 35.7 (5.31) | 35.3 (5.34) | 0.095 | 40.5 (4.68) | 40.5 (4.89) | 0.932 |
Father’s age | Years mean (SD) | 39.9 (6.05) | 38.6 (6.12) | <0.0001 | 38.1 (5.81) | 37.5 (5.77) | 0.018 | 42.8 (5.26) | 42.7 (5.71) | 0.356 |
Sport/physical activity | Hours per week mean (SD) | 6.2 (7.78) | 5.9 (6.65) | 0.056 | 6.5 (8.99) | 6.1 (7.02) | 0.235 | 5.7 (5.44) | 5.3 (5.06) | 0.214 |
TV/video tapes/DVD | Hours per week mean (SD) | 6.8 (5.60) | 7.5 (6.93) | 0.264 | 7.2 (6.50) | 7.7 (7.38) | 0.221 | 6.0 (3.90) | 6.3 (4.57) | 0.902 |
Gender | Boys | 48.9 | 53.6 | 0.010 | 47.5 | 55.9 | <0.0001 | 51.4 | 43.7 | 0.06 |
| Â | Girls | 51.1 | 46.4 | Â | 52.5 | 44.1 | Â | 48.6 | 56.3 | Â |
N° children at home | 1 | 26.5 | 34.4 | <0.0001 | 28.3 | 36.9 | <0.0001 | 23.1 | 23.4 | 0.673 |
| Â | 2 or 3 | 61.9 | 55.4 | Â | 57.0 | 51.5 | Â | 71.0 | 72.5 | Â |
|  | ≥4 | 11.6 | 10.2 |  | 14.6 | 11.6 |  | 5.9 | 4.2 |  |
Marital status | Single/Never married/Separated/Divorced/Widowed | 14.1 | 14.9 | 0.546 | 17.1 | 15.7 | 0.384 | 8.4 | 11.3 | 0.237 |
| Â | Married/Remarried/Cohabitation/Other | 85.9 | 85.1 | Â | 82.9 | 84.3 | Â | 91.6 | 88.8 | Â |
Mother’s education | High school not completed | 10.1 | 15.5 | <0.0001 | 13.9 | 18.0 | 0.019 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 0.180 |
| Â | High school completed | 35.5 | 38.9 | Â | 40.0 | 39.9 | Â | 25.8 | 33.3 | Â |
| Â | Continued after high school | 54.3 | 45.7 | Â | 46.1 | 42.0 | Â | 72.1 | 64.4 | Â |
Mother inactive | Yes | 11.0 | 14.8 | 0.004 | 15.2 | 17.0 | 0.301 | 3.9 | 6.1 | 0.205 |
Area | Rural | 40.6 | 42.8 | 0.223 | 36.6 | 39.1 | 0.028 | 51.7 | 59.3 | 0.072 |
Country | Bulgaria | 18.0 | 22.9 | <0.0001 | 27.8 | 28.0 | <0.0001 | - | - | Â |
| Â | Romania | 15.5 | 27.5 | Â | 23.9 | 33.6 | Â | - | - | Â |
| Â | Lithuania | 19.6 | 17.3 | Â | 30.2 | 21.1 | Â | - | - | Â |
| Â | Turkey | 7.1 | 11.1 | Â | 10.9 | 13.6 | Â | - | - | Â |
| Â | East Germany | 4.7 | 3.3 | Â | 7.2 | 3.6 | Â | - | - | Â |
| Â | Italy | 17.4 | 7.8 | Â | - | - | Â | 49.7 | 42.5 | 0.108 |
| Â | Netherlands | 12.8 | 7.0 | Â | - | - | Â | 36.4 | 38.3 | Â |
| Â | West Germany | 4.9 | 4.1 | Â | - | - | Â | 14.0 | 19.2 | Â |
PBAQ caring | Average | 69.3 | 67.1 | 0.268 | 64.9 | 65.8 | 0.913 | 72.2 | 73 | 0.417 |
| Â | Below average | 15.9 | 15.9 | Â | 16.2 | 15.6 | Â | 15.3 | 17 | Â |
| Â | Above average | 14.8 | 17.0 | Â | 18.9 | 18.6 | Â | 7.5 | 10 | Â |
PBAQ autonomy | Average | 64.6 | 65.3 | <0.001 | 66.5 | 65.6 | 0.621 | 61.2 | 65.6 | 0.100 |
| Â | Below average | 18.9 | 13.9 | Â | 12.3 | 11.6 | Â | 30.6 | 23.9 | Â |
| Â | Above average | 16.5 | 20.8 | Â | 21.1 | 22.8 | Â | 8.2 | 11.9 | Â |