Table 1 Demographic information of Chinese school-aged children and their caregivers participating in the Chinese School-aged Children’s Eating Behavior Scale
From: Development and preliminary evaluation of Chinese School-aged Children’s Eating Behavior Scale
Group | Sample 1 (n = 115) | Sample 2 (n = 363) | Sample 3 (n = 684) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Gender | ||||||
Boy | 62 | 53.9 | 202 | 55.6 | 354 | 51.8 |
Girl | 53 | 46.1 | 161 | 44.4 | 330 | 48.2 |
Age (years) | ||||||
6–7 | 26 | 22.6 | 110 | 30.4 | 151 | 22.1 |
8–10 | 51 | 44.4 | 130 | 35.8 | 298 | 43.6 |
11–12 | 38 | 33.0 | 123 | 33.8 | 235 | 34.3 |
City | ||||||
Xi’an | 115 | 100.0 | 363 | 100.0 | 281 | 41.1 |
Hanzhong | – | – | – | – | 257 | 37.6 |
Yanan | – | – | – | – | 146 | 21.3 |
BMI (kg/m2) | ||||||
Thinnera | 9 | 7.8 | 35 | 9.7 | 60 | 8.8 |
Normalb | 95 | 82.6 | 284 | 78.2 | 531 | 77.6 |
Overweight/ obesityc | 11 | 9.6 | 44 | 12.1 | 93 | 13.6 |
Family structure | ||||||
Nuclear familyd | 79 | 68.7 | 239 | 65.8 | 467 | 68.3 |
Stem familye | 34 | 29.6 | 113 | 31.1 | 201 | 29.4 |
Single parent family | 2 | 1.7 | 11 | 3.1 | 16 | 2.3 |
Place of residence | ||||||
Urban | 83 | 72.2 | 201 | 55.4 | 370 | 54.1 |
Rural | 32 | 27.8 | 162 | 44.6 | 314 | 45.9 |
Education of caregiver | ||||||
Junior high school or less | 20 | 17.4 | 70 | 19.3 | 120 | 17.5 |
Senior high school | 42 | 36.5 | 119 | 32.8 | 249 | 36.4 |
College or university or graduate | 53 | 46.1 | 174 | 47.9 | 315 | 46.1 |
Family per capita monthly income (RMB, Yuan) | ||||||
< 3000 | 19 | 16.5 | 35 | 9.6 | 110 | 16.1 |
3000 ~ | 56 | 48.7 | 111 | 30.6 | 330 | 48.2 |
≥ 5000 | 40 | 34.8 | 217 | 60.6 | 244 | 36.7 |