Table 1.

Distribution of parental educational attainment, food insecurity status, parental norms and peer modelling of food choices among grade 5–8 students from twenty-six public schools in Vancouver, Canada, 2012

Sample characteristic	Count	%
Parent education† (n 681)
High school or less	140	20·6
Some college	107	15·7
Finished a university or college degree	434	63·7
Food insecurity (n 831)
Food secure	700	84·2
Food insecure with or without hunger	131	15·8
Parental norms
Eat vegetables at least once per day (n 888)
Disagree or neutral	148	16·7
Agree	740	83·3
Eat whole grains at least once per day (n 882)
Disagree or neutral	229	26·0
Agree	653	74·0
Drink low-fat milk (e.g. 1 cup or small carton of 2 %, 1 % or skimmed milk) (n 865)
Disagree or neutral	413	47·8
Agree	452	52·2
Eat packaged snack foods (n 862)
Disagree or neutral	613	71·1
Agree	249	28·9
Avoid soft drinks and other sugar-sweetened beverages (n 875)
Disagree or neutral	289	33·0
Agree	586	67·0
Peer modelling
Eat vegetables at least once per day (n 849)
Disagree or neutral	355	41·8
Agree	494	58·2
Eat whole grains at least once per day (n 842)
Disagree or neutral	417	49·5
Agree	425	50·5
Drink low-fat milk (e.g. 1 cup or small carton of 2 %, 1 % or skimmed milk) (n 831)
Disagree or neutral	542	65·2
Agree	289	34·8
Eat packaged snack foods (n 831)
Disagree or neutral	460	55·4
Agree	371	44·7
Avoid soft drinks and other sugar-sweetened beverages (n 841)
Disagree or neutral	568	67·5
Agree	273	32·5

Total n 950. Sample size varies between variables due to missing values.

^†Highest education level of any parent or primary caregiver reported by each participant.