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. 2023 May 19;20(10):5874. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20105874

Table 2.

Sample characteristics of the participants in the (a) Validation Pilot Study and (b) Test-Retest Pilot Study.

Variable Validation Pilot Study Test-Retest Pilot Study
Child Characteristics, N 136 152
Age in years, mean (SD) 9.9 (2.3) 10.1 (1.4)
Grade, mean (SD) 4.6 (2.2) 5.0 (1.4)
Gender, n (%)
Boy 63 (46.3) 78 (51.0)
Girl 73 (53.7) 73 (47.7)
Non-Binary 0 (0.0) 1 (0.7)
Race, n (%)
Black 3 (2.2) 0 (0.0)
Caucasian 103 (75.7) 107 (69.9)
East and Southeast Asian 7 (5.1) 9 (5.2)
Indigenous 2 (1.5) 5 (3.3)
Latinx 3 (2.2) 3 (2.0)
South Asian 3 (2.2) 8 (5.2)
West Asian 2 (1.5) 2 (1.3)
Mixed Race 13 (9.6) 18 (11.8)
Immigration Status, n (%)
Born in Canada 124 (91.2) 143 (93.5)
Born Outside of Canada 12 (8.8) 10 (6.5)
Parent/Guardian Characteristics, N 80 86
Gender, n (%)
Man 9 (11.3) 10 (11.6)
Woman 71 (88.8) 75 (87.2)
Non-Binary 0 (0.0) 1 (1.2)
Highest educational attainment, n (%)
Did not graduate high school 0 (0.0) 1 (1.2)
High School 4 (5.0) 2 (2.3)
Apprenticeship/Trade Certificate 2 (2.5) 1 (1.2)
Post Secondary 44 (55.1) 60 (69.7)
Postgraduate Programme 30 (37.5) 21 (24.4)
Children live in two homes, n (%) 6 (7.5) 11 (12.8)
Children live in homes led by a lone parent/guardian, n (%) 9 (12.2) 14 (16.6)

Note: The child characteristics are based on a sample of all children in Junior Kindergarten to grade 8 from the family that attended the elementary school identified by the parent.