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Table 1 Sample characteristics

From: Changes in breakfast and water consumption among adolescents in Canada: examining the impact of COVID-19 in worsening inequity

Variable

N / Mean

% / SD

Province

  

Alberta

296

3.6%

British Columbia

1,075

13.2%

Ontario

2,545

31.3%

Quebec

4,212

51.8%

Y8 Education Year*

  

Secondaire 1

1,271

15.6%

Secondaire 2

1,020

12.5%

9/Secondaire 3

2,481

30.5%

10/Secondaire 4

2,193

27.0%

11/Secondaire 5

1,110

13.7%

12

53

0.7%

Sex/Gender

  

Female

4,604

56.6%

Male

3,524

43.4%

Race/Ethnicity

  

Asian

694

8.5%

Black

108

1.3%

Latin

129

1.6%

White

6,218

76.5%

Other

979

12.0%

Urbanicity

  

Large Urban

3,226

39.7%

Medium Urban

922

11.3%

Small Urban

1,445

17.8%

Rural

2,535

31.2%

Relative SES

  

More Comfortable

2139

26.3%

As Comfortable

5,375

66.1%

Less Comfortable

533

6.6%

Missing

81

1.0%

Y9 School Mode

  

In Person

2,119

26.1%

Mixed

2,516

31.0%

Online

3,460

42.6%

Missing

33

0.4%

Y8 Breakfast Consumption

  

Every day

4,391

54.0%

Not every day

3,402

41.9%

Missing

335

4.1%

Y9 Breakfast Consumption

  

Every day

4,032

49.6%

Not every day

3,629

44.6%

Missing

467

5.7%

Y8 Water Consumption

  

7 days/week

6,591

81.1%

≤6 days/week

1,433

17.6%

Missing

104

1.3%

Y9 Water Consumption

  

7 days/week

6,804

83.7%

≤6 days/week

832

10.2%

Missing

492

6.1%

Days Between Observations

458.8

(59.9)

  1. Note N = 8,128 longitudinally linked students. *Secondary education in Quebec consists of Secondaire 1-5 at which point secondary education ends; Secondaire years are listed with the equivalent Grade systems used elsewhere in Canada where data were collected. Y8 = Year 8 (baseline; 2019-2020 school year; Pre-COVID-19 onset), Y9 = Year 9 (follow-up; 2020-2021 school year; Post-COVID-19 onset), SES = Socioeconomic status. SES scores range from 1 (lowest) to 5 (highest) based on composite of three items