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Table 1 Description of the study sample (n = 706) and study variables

From: Mediators of the association between parental education and breakfast consumption among adolescents : the ESSENS study

 

Total sample

Boys (47%)

Girls (53%)

Breakfast skippers (48%)

Daily breakfast consumers (62%)

Age (yrs)

13.6 (0.3)

13.6 (0.3)

13.6 (0.3)

13.6 (0.3)

13.6 (0.3)

Parental education (% low education)

40

39

41

49

34

Ethnicity (% ethnic Norwegian)

9.2

9.6

8.9

11.0

8.2

Parental modellinga

4.6 (0.7)

4.6 (0.7)

4.6 (0.7)

4.4 (0.8)

4.8 (0.5)

Parental co-participationa

2.8 (2.2)

3.1 (2.3)

2.6 (2.1)

2.0 (1.7)

3.3 (2.2)

Availability of breakfast foodsa

4.7 (0.6)

4.7 (0.6)

4.7 (0.5)

4.5 (0.7)

4.8 (0.5)

Rules regarding breakfast consumptiona

3.8 (1.3)

3.6 (1.4)

3.8 (1.3)

3.4 (1.4)

3.9 (1.3)

Total screen time (hrs/day)

5.2 (2.5)

4.9 (2.5)

5.5 (2.5)

5.8 (2.6)

4.8 (2.4)

  1. Results are presented as mean (CI) or as percentage, aRange: 1–5