Table 2 |
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Characteristics of parents |
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| School A |
School B |
Both |
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| Parents |
N = 43 |
N = 113 |
N = 156 |
| Father's Education |
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| High School or less (%, n) |
65%, 28 |
13.5%, 13 |
29.5%, 41 |
| Trade School (%, n) |
25.6%, 11 |
17.7%, 17 |
20.1%, 28 |
| Bachelor's degree (%, n) |
0, 0 |
22.9%, 22 |
15.8%, 22 |
| Postgraduate (%, n) |
4.7%, 2 |
44.8%, 43 |
32.7%, 45 |
| Mother's Education |
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| High School or less (%, n) |
63%, 29 |
11%, 11 |
27.4%, 40 |
| Trade School (%, n) |
26.1%, 12 |
21%, 21.0 |
22.6%, 33 |
| Bachelor's degree (%, n) |
8.7%, 4 |
42%, 42 |
31.5%, 46 |
| Postgraduate (%, n) |
2.2%, 1 |
26%, 26 |
18.5%, 27 |
| Annual Family Income |
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| < $20,000 (%, n) |
13.3%, 6 |
9.2%, 9 |
10.5%, 15 |
| $20–30,000 (%, n) |
29%, 13 |
7.1%, 7 |
14%, 20 |
| $31–45,000 (%, n) |
20%, 9 |
7.1%, 7 |
11.2%, 16 |
| $46–65,000 (%, n) |
26.7%, 12 |
14.3%, 14 |
18.2%, 26 |
| $66–90,000 (%, n) |
11.1%, 5 |
28%, 27 |
22.4%, 32 |
| >$90,000 |
0, 0 |
34.7%, 34 |
23.8%, 34 |
| Marital status of parents |
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| Never Married (%, n) |
8.3%, 4 |
2.9%, 3 |
4.6%, 7 |
| Married (%, n) |
64.6%, 31 |
83.5%, 86 |
77.5%, 117 |
| Common Law (%, n) |
16.7%, 8 |
3.9%, 4 |
8%, 12 |
| Widowed, Separated, or Divorced (%, n) |
10.5%, 5 |
9.7%, 10 |
10.0%, 15 |
| Parental BMI, kg/m2(mean, SD) |
27.3, 6.0 |
23.2, 4.0 |
24.6, 5.1 |
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Merchant et al. Nutrition Journal 2007 6:1 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-6-1 |
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