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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the parents that participated in the test-retest reliability and construct validity study

From: Test-retest reliability and construct validity of the ENERGY-parent questionnaire on parenting practices, energy balance-related behaviours and their potential behavioural determinants: the ENERGY-project

 

Belgium

Greece

Hungary

Netherlands

Norway

Spain

TEST-RETEST RELIABILITY STUDY*

      

N in reliability study

70

56

50

52

39

49

Age, years (mean (sd))

40.3 (4.1)

40.7 (6.0)

38.4 (5.0)

43.7 (5.6)

40.8 (4.5)

39.7 (4.4)

% male study participants

20

27

10

23

23

20

BMI, kg/m2 (mean (sd))

24.2 (3.6)

25.0 (3.6)

24.8 (4.3)

25.2 (4.0)

25.0 (3.5)

25.4 (4.2)

Marital status (%)

      

 Single

4

0

10

2

0

2

 Married/Living together with partner without being  married/having a partner but not living together

89

96

80

81

84

88

 Divorced/Separated

6

4

10

18

17

8

 Other

0

0

0

0

0

2

Level of education (%)

      

 Less than 7 years

0

2

0

0

0

0

 7-9 years

3

9

2

8

3

12

 10-11 years

1

13

34

4

5

6

 12-13 years

23

36

26

15

31

16

 14 or more years

71

41

38

73

62

65

CONSTRUCT VALIDITY STUDY**

      

N in validity study

20

20

20

20

20

9

Age, years (mean (sd))

37.4 (4.5)

42.8 (5.3)

38.7 (4.3)

44.0 (7.6)

42.6 (5.1)

41.8 (5.2)

% male study participants

15

30

10

25

55

0

BMI, kg/m2 (mean (sd))

24.5 (2.7)

24.5 (2.6)

24.5 (5.4)

24.5 (3.5)

no data

22.1 (2.0)

Marital status (%)

      

 Single

10

0

5

15

0

0

 Married/Living together with partner without being  married/having a partner but not living together

80

100

75

75

100

89

 Divorced/Separated

5

0

20

10

0

11

 Other

0

0

0

0

0

0

Level of education (%)

      

 less than 7 years

0

0

0

0

0

0

 7-9 years

0

30

10

5

0

0

 10-11 years

0

35

15

5

0

0

 12-13 years

15

25

25

25

0

11

 14 or more years

80

10

50

65

100

89

  1. ** Missing data test-retest reliability study: level of education: n = 1 (Belgium: n = 1).
  2. * Missing data construct validity study: marital status: n = 5 (Belgium: n = 5); level of education: n = 5 (Belgium: n = 5).