Inequities in energy-balance related behaviours and family environmental determinants in European children: baseline results of the prospective EPHE evaluation study

Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the EPHE population per country

Country	Total n	Gender		Age child (years)	Age of mother^a		Income position^b		Employment status mother		Educational level mother
		Boys (%)	Girls (%)	Mean (SD)	<30 (%)	>30 (%)	Good (%)	Not good (%)	Employed (%)	Not employed (%)	High (%)	Low (%)
Belgium	196	53,4	45,4	6,58 (0,55)	21,4	77,9	88,8	11,2	64,8	24,5	42,7	57,3
Bulgaria	205	46,8	52,7	7,97 (0,78)	8,7	90,1	81,8	18,2	84,1	15,9	74,3	25,7
France	160	38,8	57,5	6,34 (0,55)	30,9	69,1	79,6	20,4	53,5	46,5	35,2	64,8
Greece	159	46,5	45,9	7,37 (0,66)	3,2	94,4	51,0	49,0	61,5	38,5	52,8	47,2
Portugal	241	51,0	48,5	6,85 (0,74)	12,4	87,1	55,8	44,2	73,8	26,2	46,0	54,0
Romania	176	56,8	43,2	7,39 (0,54)	17,7	82,3	75,9	24,1	78,0	22,0	53,8	46,2
The Netherlands	129	47,3	52,7	7,83 (0,98)	6,5	90,7	87,9	12,1	76,8	21,4	61,3	38,7
Total	1266	49,8	49,2	7,17 (0,90)	14,6	84,4	73,6	26,4	72,5	27,5	52,7	47,3

^aThe analysis includes the age of the mother only when the mother was the respondent; the age of the second parent was not assessed. Response categories: 1 = Below 20, 2 = 21–24, 3 = 25–30, 4 = 31–35, 5 = 36–40, 7 = Above 40. Number of subjects included in “age of mother” per country: Belgium = 148, Bulgaria = 171, France = 136, Greece = 128, Portugal = 208, Romania = 147, The Netherlands = 107, Total = 1038
^bIncome position categories: (1) Living comfortably on present income (2) Coping on present income (3) Finding it difficult on present income (4) Finding it very difficult on present income. Income position was defined as “good” when the response was (1) or (2) and “not good” when the response was (3) or (4)

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