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Table 1 Characteristics of children and caregivers included in study

From: Do children report differently from their parents and from observed data? Cross-sectional data on fruit, water, sugar-sweetened beverages and break-time foods

 

Observed-child data pairs n = 407

Parent-child data pairs n = 275

Child characteristics

n

Mean (SD) or %

n

Mean (SD) or %

Gender, % girls

200

49.5 %

150

54.5 %

  missing

3

0.7 %

0

0.0 %

Age

406

10.64 (1.1)

274

11.06 (1.0)

  missing

1

0.2 %

1

0.4 %

Grade

 - Grade 6

161

39.6 %

97

35.3 %

 - Grade 7

78

19.2 %

101

36.7 %

 - Grade 8

168

41.2 %

77

28.0 %

  missing

0

0.0 %

0

0.0 %

Ethnicity

 - Dutch

93

22.9 %

56

20.4 %

 - Surinamese/Antillean

97

23.8 %

56

20.4 %

 - Moroccan/Turkish

118

29.0 %

90

32.7 %

 - Other/missing

99

24.3 %

73

26.5 %

Weight status, % overweight/obese

89

22.6 %

68

25.9 %

  missing

13

3.2 %

12

4.4 %

Caregiver characteristics

 Age

-

-

273

38.42 (9.1)

  missing

  

2

0.7 %

 Gender, % female

-

-

223

88.8 %

  missing

  

24

8.7 %

 Level of Education

-

-

  

  - High

  

45

16.7 %

  - Mid-high

  

77

28.6 %

  - Mid-low

  

74

27.5 %

  - Low

  

73

27.1 %

  missing

  

6

2.2 %