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Table 3 Level of consideration of socioeconomic status (SES) and ethnicity in primary studies

Study	Country of study	SES	Ethnicity
1. Lee 2009	Taiwan	0	1*
2. Thomas & Irwin 2009	Canada	1	1*
3. Trout & Graber 2009	United States	1	0
4. Griffiths & Page 2008	United Kingdom	0	0
5. Daley 2008	United Kingdom	2	2
6. Curtis 2008	United Kingdom	1*	0
7. Boyington 2008	United States	1	3*
8. Alm 2008	United States	1*	1
9. Bodiba 2008	South Africa	0	3*
10. Langley 2006	United States	0	2
11. Wills 2006	United Kingdom	3*	0
12. Smith 2000	United States	3	3
13. Neumark-Sztainer et al. 1999	United States	0	2 & 3
14. Neumark-Sztainer, Story & Faibish 1998	United States	1*	3
15. Smith & Perkins 2008	United States	0	0

0 Not addressed – no attention paid to ethnicity &/or SES.
1 Descriptive –descriptive information was provided on the ethnicity &/or SES of participants.
2 Linked to quote – link was made between the ethnicity &/or SES of a participant and their corresponding quote.
3 Synthesised findings – attempt made to synthesise and discuss the influence of ethnicity &/or SES in the discussion.
* All participants from the same SES or ethnic group as indicated by the column in which it is displayed.

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