Table 1 Characteristics of subjects (1693 pairs)
From: Relationship between maternal employment status and children’s food intake in Japan
Variable | Category | n (%) or mean, SD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Children (n=1693) | Mothers (n=1693) | |||
Boys (n=821) | Girls (n=872) | |||
Personal factors | ||||
Grade | 5th | 396 (48.2) | 420 (48.2) | |
6th | 425 (51.8) | 452 (51.8) | ||
Age | Year | 10.7, 0.6 | 10.6, 0.6 | 41.4, 4.9 |
Height | cm | 142.2, 7.2 | 143.5, 7.4 | 158.3, 5.1 |
Weight | kg | 36.6, 8.6 | 36.7, 8.2 | 54.1, 8.5 |
BMI | kg/m2 | 17.9, 3.1 | 17.7, 2.7 | 21.6, 3.2 |
Energy intake | kcal | 2189, 673 | 1955, 642 | 1568, 455 |
Nutrition knowledgea | % | 69.5, 13.6 | 70.2, 12.2 | 70.6, 14.8 |
Attitude toward diet | Inadequate | 368 (44.8) | 352 (40.4) | 841 (49.7) |
Adequate | 453 (55.2) | 520 (59.6) | 852 (50.3) | |
Maternal employment status | Not working | 161 (19.6) | 153 (17.6) | 314 (18.5) |
Working (<8h) | 376 (45.8) | 422 (48.4) | 798 (47.1) | |
Working (≥8h) | 284 (34.6) | 297 (34.1) | 581 (34.3) | |
Sleeping hours (weekdays) | Hour | 6.3, 1.0 | ||
Family factors | ||||
Cohabitation with husbandb | No | 183 (10.8) | ||
(Child’s father) | Yes | 1510 (89.2) | ||
Cohabitation with motherb | No | 1464 (86.5) | ||
(Child’s grandmother) | Yes | 229 (13.5) | ||
Socioeconomic status | Straitened | 537 (31.7) | ||
Average | 946 (55.9) | |||
Affluent | 210 (12.4) | |||
Frequency of eating outc | < once a month | 392 (47.8) | 396 (45.4) | |
≥ once a month | 429 (52.3) | 476 (54.6) | ||
Frequency of communication | Low | 510 (62.1) | 508 (58.3) | 504 (29.8) |
about dietd | High | 311 (37.9) | 364 (41.7) | 1189 (70.2) |