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Table 1 Variable definitions

From: Micro-level economic factors and incentives in Children’s energy balance related behaviours - findings from the ENERGY European cross-section questionnaire survey

 

Question/statement

Answers

Child questionnaire

Outcome variables

 Child’s sports activity

Hours/week*

 Child’s soft drink consumption

Ml/week**

 Child’s juice consumption

Ml/week**

 If the price of fizzy drinks and fruit squash were doubled, I would buy less fizzy drinks or fruit squash from my own money

Fully disagree/Disagree a bit/Neither agree nor disagree/Agree a bit/Fully agree

Economic variables

 How often do you spend your own money on fizzy drinks or fruit squash?

Never/Not often/Sometimes/Often/Always

Socio-cultural variables

 Do your parents/care givers allow you to take part in physical activity/do sports

Yes/No

 If you indicate that you like a certain physical activity/sport, will your parents/care givers allow?

Never/Not often/Sometimes/Often/Always

 My parents/care givers help me if I need something for my sports

Fully disagree/Disagree a bit/Neither agree nor disagree/Agree a bit/Fully agree

 Do you think you are too thin or too fat

Much too thin/Bit too thin/Neither too thin nor too fat/Bit too fat/Much too fat

Parent questionnaire

Outcome variables

 If the price of soft drinks were doubled, my child would drink less soft drinks

Fully disagree/Disagree a bit/Neither agree nor disagree/Agree a bit/Fully agree

Economic variables

 I let my child participate in sports less than I would like, because it is too expensive

Fully disagree/Disagree a bit/Neither agree nor disagree/Agree a bit/Fully agree

 On average how much money do you give to your child to buy foods and drinks per week?

<5€/5-10€/11-20€/21-30€/31-40€/41-50€/>50€

 I don’t give my child some foods because they cost too much

Fully disagree/Disagree a bit/Neither agree nor disagree/Agree a bit/Fully agree

 I pay for my child to take part in sports

Never/Not often/Sometimes/Often/Always

 bring my child to PA/sports sessions

Never/Not often/Sometimes/Often/Always

Home phyisical environment variables

 Home availability, PC-factor

Continuous (range -1;1) (cf. table  2)

Socio-cultural variables

 Parents’ soft drink consumption

ml/week**

 Parents’ soft drink consumption freq.

Times/week

 Parents’ juice consumption

ml/week**

 Parents’ juice consumption frequency

Times/week

 I give soft drink/juice to my child as a reward or to comfort him/her

Never/Not often/Sometimes/Often/Always

 Home health arguments, PC-factor

Continuous (range -1;1) (cf. table  2)

 Home enforcement, PC-factor

Continuous (range -1;1) (cf. table  2)

 Home awareness, PC-factor

Continuous (range -1;1) (cf. table  2)

 What do you think about your child’s weight?

Way too little/Bit too little/OK/Bit too much/Way too much

 I would consider my child as being price conscious regarding food, snacks etc.

Fully disagree/Disagree a bit/Neither agree nor disagree/Agree a bit/Fully agree

Socio-economic variables

 Mother’s education

<7 yrs/7-9 yrs/10-11 yrs/12-13 yrs/14+ yrs

 Father’s education

<7 yrs/7-9 yrs/10-11 yrs/12-13 yrs/14+ yrs

 Mother’s occupation

Empl. publ sector/empl. priv. sector/self-employed/no paid job

 Father’s occupation

Empl. publ sector/empl. priv. sector/self-employed/no paid job

 Single parent

Yes/No

 Were the biological parents born in…

Yes (2 or 1 parent)/No

 Member state

BE/GR/HU/NL/NO/SI/ES

  1. *Number of hours per week for favourite + second favourite sports.
  2. **Times of drinking per week, multiplied by average number of ml per day of drinking.