Table 2 Characteristics of the study participants, Chinese Families and Children Study, 2012 [20]
| Â | Urban (south-eastern location) | Rural (north-eastern location) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mothers n = 52 | Adolescents n = 52 | Mothers n = 41 | Adolescents n = 41 | |||
F | M n = 33 | F n = 19 | F | M n = 14 | F n = 27 | |
Number of participants (%) | 52 | 33 (63%) | 19a (37%) | 41 | 14 (34%) | 27 (66%) |
Average age in years (range) | 38.7 (35–44) | 15.1 (14–17) | 15.1 (14–16) | 41.5 (36–54) | 15.1 (14–17) | 15.4 (14–16) |
Average height in cm (range) | 157 (142–169) | 171 (159–184) | 162 (156–172) | 157 (145–166) | 170 (165–174) | 161 (146–172) |
Average weight in kg (range) | 55 (41–76) | 64 (49–92) | 55 (44–84) | 63 (42–86) | 62 (48–83) | 58 (44–78) |
Average BMI kg/m2 (range) | 22.4 (16.2–30.6) | 21.9 (17.2–34.0) | 21.0 (16.9–30.2) | 25.5 (18.9–37.3) | 21.5 (16.0–27.8) | 22.3 (17.2–29.4) |
Currently attending schoolb (%) | 3 (6) | 29 (88) | 17 (89) | 1 (2) | 12 (86) | 27 (100) |
Working (%) | 43 (83) | 2 (6) | 1 (5) | 9 (22) | 1 (7) | – |
Neither attending school nor working (%) | 4c (8) | 2 (6) | 1 (5) | 31 (76) | 1 (7) | – |
Never smoked (%) | 52 (100) | 33 (100) | 18 (95) | 41 (100) | 14 (100) | 27 (100) |
Current alcohol consumption (%) | 48 (92) | 18 (55) | 4 (21) | 40 (98) | 6 (43) | 1 (4) |