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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the samples used to assess mother-child and father-child dietary resemblance

From: Like parent, like child? Dietary resemblance in families

 

Sample used to assess father-child resemblance

Sample used to assess mother-child resemblance

Age of the parent, years, mean (SD)

38.14 (5.46)

35.67 (4.69)

Missing, n (%)

42 (6)

42 (5)

Education of the parent, n (%)

 High

159 (25)

238 (30)

 Middle

224 (35)

331 (42)

 Low

260 (40)

221 (28)

 Missing, n (%)

22 (3)

8 (1)

Family meal, days/week, mean (SD)

5.70 (1.67)

5.93 (1.57)

Missing, n (%)

7 (1)

5 (1)

Child’s gender, n (%)

 Girl

328 (49)

390 (49)

 Boy

337 (51)

408 (51)

 Missing, n (%)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Child’s age, years, mean (SD)

4.74 (0.88)

4.74 (0.88)

Missing, n (%)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Number of children living in the same household (in addition to the participating child), n (%)

 0

75 (12)

95 (13)

 1

347 (56)

415 (56)

 2 or more

195 (32)

231 (31)

 Missing, n (%)

48 (7)

57 (7)

Respondent, n (%)

 Father

62 (9)

59 (8)

 Mother

596 (91)

729 (93)

 Missing, n (%)

7 (1)

10 (1)

  1. N = 741–798 for mother-child and 617–665 for father-child pairs