Table 1 Descriptive statistics of Victorian primary school children by CALD background

n (%)

2407

1703 (70.8)

189 (7.9)

146 (6.1)

119 (4.9)

98 (4.1)

70 (2.9)

82 (3.4)

Age in years (mean ± SD)

11.0 ± 1.1

11.1 ± 1.1

10.9 ± 1.1

0.097

10.9 ± 1.1

0.054

10.7 ± 1.0

0.002

11.1 ± 1.1

0.902

10.9 ± 1.1

0.200

10.7 ± 1.1

0.008

Female (%)

50.2

51.1

45.5

0.145

50.7

0.926

44.5

0.167

52.0

0.854

52.9

0.771

45.1

0.291

 Major city

54.4

41.2

77.3

<0.001

97.0

<0.001

91.6

<0.001

83.7

<0.001

87.1

<0.001

82.9

<0.001

 Inner regional

37.5

48.6

16.4

<0.001

3.4

<0.000

7.6

<0.001

8.2

<0.001

12.9

<0.001

15.9

<0.001

 Outer regional

8.1

10.2

6.4

0.094

0.0

<0.001

0.8

0.001

8.2

0.523

0

0.005

1.2

0.008

 1st quintile (most disadvantaged)

28.7

31.5

29.3

0.548

13.5

<0.001

13.6

<0.001

41.7

0.037

10.3

<0.001

19.2

0.022

 2nd quintile

28.0

27.9

23.8

0.233

29.8

0.637

38.1

0.018

35.4

0.113

27.9

0.998

12.8

0.003

 3rd quintile

21.2

16.7

28.2

<0.001

42.6

<0.001

29.7

<0.001

12.5

0.286

29.4

0.006

51.3

<0.001

 4th quintile

18.9

21.2

16.0

0.101

9.2

0.001

13.6

0.047

7.3

0.001

25

0.456

10.3

0.020

 5th quintile (least disadvantaged)

3.3

2.7

2.8

0.004

5.0

0.133

5.1

<0.001

3.1

0.006

7.4

0.027

6.4

0.060

BMI-z (mean ± SD)

0.7 ± 1.2

0.7 ± 1.2

0.8 ± 1.3

0.195

0.9 ± 1.4

0.009

0.3 ± 1.4

0.002

0.4 ± 1.2

0.070

0.5 ± 1.2

0.396

0.4 ± 1.4

0.044

Overweight/obese (%)^c

37.3

36.7

41.5

0.217

53.0

<0.001

29.9

0.154

28.7

0.116

34.8

0.740

34.2

0.634

 Takeaway ≥1/week

43.4

40.4

45.4

0.185

54.9

0.001

52.1

0.012

58.2

0.001

35.7

0.437

56.8

0.003

 EDNP snacks ≥2/day

28.4

27.0

31.6

0.184

36.6

0.014

31.1

0.330

30.9

0.395

24.3

0.619

30.9

0.443

 SSB ≥1/day

25.4

25.0

25.4

0.911

35.4

0.007

18.6

0.120

21.4

0.423

17.1

0.134

36.6

0.019