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Table 2 Item descriptions, response categories and response distributions by gender in the six surveys

From: Secular trends in fruit intake among Danish schoolchildren, 1988 to 2006: Changing habits or methodological artefacts?

Item description

Response categories

Boys

Girls

1988:

 

N = 813

N = 854

How often do you drink or eat the following?

More than once a day

295 (36.3)

422 (49.4)

- Fruit

Once a day

294 (36.2)

235 (27.5)

 

One or several times per week

175 (21.5)

182 (21.3)

 

Rarely or never

16 (2.0)

11 (1.3)

 

(Missing)

33 (4.1)

4 (0.5)

1991:

 

N = 932

N = 928

How often do you drink or eat the following?

More than once a day

259 (27.8)

377 (40.6)

- Fruit

Once a day

348 (37.3)

283 (30.5)

 

One or several times per week

280 (30.0)

231 (24.9)

 

Rarely

35 (3.8)

26 (2.8)

 

(Missing)

10 (1.1)

11 (1.2)

1994:

 

N = 2,016

N = 2,030

How often do you drink or eat the following?

More than once a day

534 (26.5)

842 (41.5)

- Fruit

Once a day

639 (31.7)

594 (29.3)

 

One or several times per week

672 (33.3)

501 (24.7)

 

Rarely

137 (6.8)

70 (3.5)

 

Never

12 (0.6)

5 (0.3)

 

(Missing)

22 (1.1)

18 (0.9)

1998:

 

N = 2,581

N = 2,624

How often do you eat the following?

More than once a day

577 (22.4)

843 (32.1)

- Fruit

Once a day

849 (32.9)

861 (32.8)

 

One or several times per week

858 (33.2)

770 (29.3)

 

Rarely

239 (9.3)

130 (5.0)

 

Never

25 (1.0)

7 (0.3)

 

(Missing)

33 (1.3)

13 (0.5)

2002:

 

N = 2,348

N = 2,476

How many times a week do you usually eat/drink.....?

Never

77 (3.3)

35 (1.4)

- Fruit

Less than once a week

217 (9.2)

159 (6.4)

 

Once a week

329 (14.0)

211 (8.5)

 

2–4 days a week

774 (33.0)

664 (26.8)

 

5–6 days a week

321 (13.7)

417 (16.8)

 

Once a day, every day

282 (12.0)

422 (17.0)

 

Every day, more than once

318 (13.5)

534 (21.6)

 

(Missing)

30 (1.3)

34 (1.4)

2006:

 

N = 3,082

N = 3,187

How many times a week do you usually eat/drink.....?

Never

99 (3.2)

33 (1.0)

- Fruit

Less than once a week

235 (7.6)

147 (4.6)

 

Once a week

327 (10.6)

226 (7.1)

 

2–4 days a week

873 (28.3)

666 (20.9)

 

5–6 days a week

452 (14.7)

562 (17.6)

 

Once a day, every day

469 (15.2)

540 (16.9)

 

Every day, more than once

608 (19.7)

993 (31.2)

 

(Missing)

19 (0.6)

20 (0.6)