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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population by ethnicity

From: Differences in fruit and vegetable intake and determinants of intakes between children of Dutch origin and non-Western ethnic minority children in the Netherlands – a cross sectional study

 

Total population

Dutch

non-western immigrants

 

N = 531

 

N = 258

48.6%

N = 273

51.4%

 

mean

 

mean

 

mean

SD

age (years)

10.7

0.5

10.7

0.5

10.8

0.5

gender (# girls)

280

52.7%

133

51.6

144

54.8

Mother's educational level

N = 424

%

N = 232

%

N = 192

 

less than 7 years

52

12.3

5

2.2

47

24.5

7–9 years

45

10.6

14

6.0

31

16.1

10–12 years

98

23.1

64

27.6

34

17.7

more than 12 years

229

54.0

149

64.2

80

41.7

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International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

ISSN: 1479-5868

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