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Table 2 Children’s characteristics for all children and by age group of the target children

From: Like me, like you – relative importance of peers and siblings on children’s fast food consumption and screen time but not sports club participation depends on age

 

Observations of children1

All children

< 7 years

7–8 years

9–10 years

> = 11 years

Observations of children from 2-child families (n)

5388

1920

1201

1095

1172

Number of peers per child (mean, SD)

40.7 (22.9)

36.4 (22.6)

42.4 (25.6)

41.0 (19.6)

45.7 (22.3)

Age (mean, SD)

8.4 (3.2)

5.1 (1.3)

7.9 (0.6)

9.9 (0.6)

13.1 (1.4)

Sex (n, %)

 Boys

2795 (51.9)

1041 (54.2)

609 (50.7)

557 (50.9)

588 (50.2)

 Girls

2593 (48.1)

879 (45.8)

592 (49.3)

538 (49.1)

584 (49.8)

Parental education level (n, %)2

 Low or medium education

2481 (46.1)

861 (44.8)

546 (45.5)

493 (45.0)

581 (49.6)

 High education

2907 (53.9)

1059 (55.2)

655 (54.5)

602 (55.0)

591 (50.4)

Country (n, %)

 Italy

1084 (20.1)

350 (18.2)

247 (20.6)

229 (20.9)

258 (22.0)

 Estonia

428 (7.9)

156 (8.1)

68 (5.7)

127 (11.6)

77 (6.6)

 Cyprus

724 (13.4)

132 (6.9)

120 (10.6)

145 (13.2)

327 (27.9)

 Belgium

476 (8.8)

231 (12.0)

134 (11.2)

74 (6.8)

37 (3.2)

 Sweden

908 (16.9)

426 (22.2)

234 (19.5)

154 (14.1)

94 (8.0)

 Germany

684 (12.7)

232 (12.1)

152 (12.7)

124 (11.3)

176 (15.0)

 Hungary

528 (9.8)

146 (7.6)

111 (9.2)

121 (11.1)

150 (12.8)

 Spain

556 (10.3)

247 (12.9)

135 (11.2)

121 (11.1)

53 (4.5)

Children’s lifestyle behavior

 Fast food consumption (frequency/week)

1.02 (1.66)

0.44 (0.67)

0.47 (0.68)

0.62 (1.00)

2.92 (2.43)

 Screen time duration (hours/week)

13.7 (8.8)

10.6 (6.6)

13.2 (7.2)

14.6 (8.1)

18.4 (11.5)

 Sports club duration (hours/week)

1.79 (2.22)

0.85 (1.29)

1.94 (1.92)

2.48 (2.24)

2.53 (3.01)

Peer’s lifestyle behavior

 Fast food consumption (frequency/week)

1.03 (1.27)

0.45 (0.29)

0.51 (0.34)

0.59 (0.41)

2.95 (1.51)

 Screen time duration (hours/week)

13.9 (4.3)

10.9 (2.7)

13.5 (2.5)

14.7 (3.0)

18.5 (4.6)

 Sports club duration (hours/week)

1.69 (1.02)

0.78 (0.59)

1.83 (0.60)

2.39 (0.77)

2.36 (1.03)

  1. 1Pooled sample from 3 study waves
  2. 2International Standard Classification of Education Maximum (ISCED); maximum of both parents (0, 1, 2 = low education; 3, 4 = medium education; 5, 6 = high education)
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International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

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