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Table 1 Descriptive statistics for demographic variables and fruit and vegetable intake at baseline, first and second follow-up for the control and intervention group separately

From: Mothers' involvement in a school-based fruit and vegetable promotion intervention is associated with increased fruit and vegetable intakes – The Pro Children study

 

Norway

Spain

Netherlands

 

Intervention group

Control group

Intervention group

Control group

Intervention group

Control group

 

← N (%) →

Immigrant status (born outside research country)

9 (6.8%)

15 (8.8%)

7 (4.4%)

7 (8.0%)

21 (18.4%)

20 (25.3%)

Lives with her partner

108 (81.8%)

141 (82.0%)

149 (87.1%)

80 (87.9%)

95 (83.3%)

65 (82.3%)

Lives with the child participating in the study

      

   No

0

0

1 (0.6%)

0

0

0

   Yes all the time

129 (97.7%)

167 (97.7%)

167 (97.1%)

89 (98.9%)

111 (96.5%)

75 (96.2%)

   Yes part of the time

3 (2.3%)

4 (2.3%)

4 (2.3%)

1 (1.1%)

4 (3.5%)

3 (3.8%)

Educational level

      

   < 7 years

1 (0.8%)

3 (1.8%)

20 (12.0%)

9 (10.6%)

7 (6.1%)

5 (6.6%)

   7–9 years

19 (14.4%)

26 (15.3%)

61 (36.5%)

40 (47.1%)

15 (13.2%)

1 (1.3%)

   10–12 years

63 (47.7%)

71 (41.8%)

38 (22.8%)

15 (17.6%)

28 (24.6%)

14 (18.4%)

   > 12 years

49 (37.1%)

70 (41.2%)

48 (28.7%)

21 (17.6%)

64 (56.1%)

56 (73.7%)

Has a paid job

108 (83.1%)

144 (87.3%)

88 (52.1%)

53 (60.9%)

75 (69.4%)

48 (64.0%)

Gender of the child (boys)

67 (39.6%)

54 (41.9%)

43 (47.8%)

72 (42.6%)

39 (49.4)

42 (36.8)

Intake at baseline

← mean (SD) →

Total Fruit and vegetable intake (gram/day)

289 (197)

306 (200)

234 (179)

238 (162)

301 (197)

320 (202)

Total Fruit intake (gram/day)

181 (150)

177 (149)

166 (151)

172 (139)

170 (130)

191 (129)

Total Vegetable intake (gram/day)

107 (106)

128 (125)

69 (62)

66 (66)

131 (111)

129 (119)

  1. Only mothers that had valid data at baseline and at first follow-up are included in this table