Table 6.
Average school Healthy Eating Index (school-HEI) scores by selected sociodemographic and geographic characteristics among Canadian children aged 6–17 years in 2004 and 2015*
| CCHS cycle | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 (n 4827) | 2015 (n 2447) | |||
| Mean | se | Mean | se | |
| All children | 51·5 | 0·3 | 57·8 | 0·5 |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 51·0 | 0·5 | 57·6 | 0·7 |
| Female | 52·1 | 0·5 | 58·0 | 0·7 |
| Age group | ||||
| 6–8 years | 56·2a | 0·7 | 63·2a | 0·9 |
| 9–13 years | 51·4b | 0·5 | 58·1b | 0·7 |
| 14–17 years | 48·1c | 0·6 | 53·3c | 0·8 |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Not White | 51·4 | 0·9 | 57·7 | 1·0 |
| White/European background | 51·5 | 0·4 | 57·8 | 0·6 |
| Location of residence | ||||
| Rural | 52·0 | 0·8 | 58·5 | 1·2 |
| Urban | 51·4 | 0·4 | 57·6 | 0·5 |
| Province of residence | ||||
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 47·7a | 0·9 | 54·7a,b | 1·6 |
| Prince Edward Island | 52·6a,b | 1·3 | 57·0a,b | 1·7 |
| Nova Scotia | 50·2a,b | 1·4 | 56·2a,b | 1·8 |
| New-Brunswick | 52·8b | 1·2 | 55·5a,b | 1·3 |
| Quebec | 53·6b | 0·9 | 60·2b | 1·0 |
| Ontario | 50·3a,b | 0·5 | 58·0a,b | 0·9 |
| Manitoba | 50·5a,b | 0·8 | 54·6a | 1·2 |
| Saskatchewan | 51·9a,b | 1·2 | 54·2a | 1·5 |
| Alberta | 51·2a,b | 1·2 | 56·3a,b | 1·2 |
| British Columbia | 52·6b | 0·8 | 57·1a,b | 1·2 |
| Household level of education | ||||
| Secondary school or lower | 50·4 | 0·8 | 56·3 | 1·0 |
| Some post-secondary school education or higher | 51·8 | 0·4 | 58·0 | 0·5 |
| Household food security status | ||||
| Food-secure | 51·5 | 0·4 | 58·2a | 0·5 |
| Food-insecure (moderate or severe) | 51·3 | 1·2 | 54·9b | 1·0 |
CCHS, Canadian Community Health Survey.
a,b,c Mean scores within each group in a column with unlike superscript letters were significantly different. For example, 6–8-year-old children had significantly different school-HEI scores compared with children aged 9–13 years and 14–17 years, both in 2004 and in 2015. Differences in school-HEI scores associated with sociodemographic characteristics were tested using survey-weighted simple linear regression models with a Bonferroni correction for variables with more than two levels in each of the cycle years.
This table shows average school-HEI scores among children by sociodemographic characteristics within each survey year (n 4827 children in 2004; n 2447 children in 2015); samples sizes may vary slightly due to missing data for ethnicity, household-level education and food security status.