Table 2.
Percentage of 10- to 12-year-old children in Europe with daily breakfast consumption on weekdays and on weekends presented by family sociodemographic and parental characteristics and country; the ENERGY (EuropeaN Energy balance Research to prevent excessive weight Gain among Youth) project, 2010
| Total | Belgium | Greece | Hungary | Netherlands | Norway | Slovenia | Spain | Switzerland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | (n 5444) | (n 646) | (n 840) | (n 741) | (n 320) | (n 686) | (n 838) | (n 847) | (n 526) |
| Total | |||||||||
| Weekdays | 74·4 | 77·4 | 63·8 | 65·6 | 91·9 | 85·9 | 55·7 | 92·3 | 75·5 |
| Weekends | 87·3 | 87·9 | 78·7 | 86·5 | 90·9 | 92·7 | 87·0 | 92·1 | 85·4 |
| Gender | |||||||||
| Girls | |||||||||
| Weekdays | 72·7a | 75·1 | 61·8 | 61·1a | 93·3 | 85·6 | 51·9a | 92·6 | 78·3 |
| Weekends | 89·2b | 89·1 | 81·3b | 87·2 | 92·7 | 93·1 | 89·6b | 94·7b | 88·8b |
| Boys | |||||||||
| Weekdays | 76·4a | 80·2 | 66·2 | 71·5a | 90·4 | 86·2 | 60·0a | 92·0 | 72·8 |
| Weekends | 85·3b | 86·5 | 75·5b | 85·6 | 89·1 | 92·3 | 84·1b | 89·3b | 82·1b |
| Parental nationality | |||||||||
| Non-native parents | |||||||||
| Weekdays | 64·7a | 71·7 | 58·5a | 59·0 | 86·7 | 81·0 | 46·9a | 72·8a | 70·1a |
| Weekends | 82·1b | 93·5 | 75·9 | 82·1 | 84·4 | 88·6 | 82·1b | 85·2b | 82·1 |
| Native parents | |||||||||
| Weekdays | 76·4a | 77·8 | 66·1a | 66·0 | 92·7 | 86·7 | 57·8a | 94·4a | 78·4a |
| Weekends | 88·4b | 87·5 | 79·9 | 86·8 | 92·0 | 93·5 | 88·2b | 92·8b | 87·1 |
| Family structure | |||||||||
| Single-parent family | |||||||||
| Weekdays | 65·0 | 68·8 | 52·6 | 53·1 | 82·4 | 78·6 | 26·9a | 87·5 | 68·2 |
| Weekends | 86·1 | 93·8 | 71·1 | 84·4 | 82·4 | 92·9 | 92·3 | 90·0 | 85·2 |
| Dual-parent family | |||||||||
| Weekdays | 75·0 | 78·1 | 64·3 | 66·1 | 92·4 | 86·0 | 56·7a | 92·6 | 76·9 |
| Weekends | 87·4 | 87·5 | 79·1 | 86·6 | 91·4 | 92·7 | 86·8 | 92·2 | 85·4 |
| Parental occupational status | |||||||||
| At least one parent unemployed | |||||||||
| Weekdays | 71·3a | 73·6 | 57·1a | 62·7 | 89·0 | 82·6 | 55·5 | 88·6a | 73·7 |
| Weekends | 81·9b | 82·4 | 73·0b | 79·1b | 90·2 | 89·9 | 76·4b | 90·3 | 82·6 |
| Both parents employed | |||||||||
| Weekdays | 75·3a | 78·0 | 66·8a | 66·5 | 92·9 | 86·2 | 55·8 | 93·8a | 76·5 |
| Weekends | 88·9b | 88·8 | 81·2b | 88·8b | 91·2 | 93·0 | 88·6b | 92·8 | 86·9 |
| Parental education | |||||||||
| Both parents <14 years of education | |||||||||
| Weekdays | 66·6a | 72·0 | 61·3 | 64·0 | 92·5 | 79·2a | 48·6a | 87·9a | 71·5a |
| Weekends | 83·4b | 75·0b | 76·9 | 88·1 | 89·6 | 92·9 | 81·8b | 87·3b | 83·3 |
| At least one parent ≥14 years of education | |||||||||
| Weekdays | 78·6a | 78·4 | 66·1 | 66·7 | 91·7 | 88·0a | 61·1a | 93·4a | 81·3a |
| Weekends | 89·4b | 90·3b | 80·3 | 85·3 | 91·3 | 92·7 | 91·0b | 93·3b | 88·3 |
a , bPercentages with the same superscript letter differentiate statistically significantly within each column (more specifically within each category of sociodemographic and parental characteristics presented in the table; P<0·05 derived from χ 2 test).