Table 2 Characteristics of the study sample
From: Familial aggregation and socio-demographic correlates of taste preferences in European children
|  | Mothers | Fathers | Boys <12y | Girls <12y | Boys ≥12y | Girls ≥12y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | N = 3588 | N = 1811 | N = 2230 | N = 2110 | N = 1682 | N = 1744 |
| Â | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) |
Age | 41.4 (5.3) | 44.5 (5.9) | 9.6 (1.5) | 9.7 (1.5) | 13.6 (1.1) | 13.6 (1.1) |
BMI | 25.8 (5.3) | 27.9 (4.4) | 18.3 (3.7) | 18.3 (3.6) | 21.0 (4.3) | 21.2 (4.2) |
BMI z-scorea | - | - | 0.6 (1.2) | 0.5 (1.1) | 0.7 (1.2) | 0.6 (1.1) |
| Â | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) |
Overweight/obese | 1698 (47.9) | 1316 (74.0) | 616 (27.8) | 596 (28.3) | 505 (30.1) | 457 (26.3) |
Low educationb | 162 (4.7) | 43 (2.5) | - | - | - | - |
Medium educationb | 1540 (44.3) | 670 (38.6) | - | - | - | - |
High educationb | 1772 (51.0) | 1023 (58.9) | - | - | - | - |
Italy | 591 (16.5) | 179 (9.9) | 400 (17.9) | 352 (16.7) | 323 (19.2) | 321 (18.4) |
Estonia | 520 (14.5) | 224 (12.3) | 311 (14.0) | 288 (13.7) | 227 (13.5) | 275 (15.8) |
Cyprus | 726 (20.2) | 466 (25.7) | 529 (23.7) | 518 (24.6) | 413 (24.6) | 393 (22.5) |
Sweden | 335 (9.3) | 163 (9.0) | 242 (10.9) | 215 (10.2) | 143 (8.5) | 147 (8.4) |
Germany | 561 (15.6) | 247 (13.6) | 311 (14.0) | 293 (13.9) | 262 (15.6) | 281 (16.1) |
Hungary | 632 (17.6) | 377 (20.8) | 268 (12.0) | 277 (13.1) | 230 (13.7) | 227 (13.0) |
Spain | 223 (6.2) | 155 (8.6) | 169 (7.6) | 167 (7.9) | 84 (5.0) | 100 (5.7) |