Children’s experiences of participating in a school-based health promotion parental support programme – a qualitative study

Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of the participating children at baseline

	Total sample
Sociodemographic characteristics	n = 36
Mean age, years (SD)	6.3 (0.3)
Sex % (n)
Girl	63.9 (23)
Boy	36.1 (13)
Weight status^a % (n)
Underweight	5.6 (2)
Normalweight	66.7 (24)
Overweight	16.7 (6)
Obesity	11.0 (4)
Parental level of education^b % (n)
High	69.4 (25)
Low	25.0 (9)
Missing	5.6 (2)
Parental country of birth^c % (n)
Sweden/Nordic	44.4 (16)
Europe	2.8 (1)
Outside Europe	47.2 (17)
Missing	5.6 (2)

^aWeight status is defined according to the International Obesity Task Force and based on baseline data, collected September-October 2017
^bParental level of education is based on the highest reported education level within a family, defined as low; ≤ 12 years and high; > 12 years
^cParental country of birth is based on the country of birth of the mother, in cases where two countries where reported

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