Table 1.
Sample characteristics and parental CFQ scores according to child gender: parent–child pairs (n 465) from an elementary school in central Taiwan, 2008 and 2009
| Boys (n 231) | Girls (n 234) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean or n | sd or % | Mean or n | sd or % | |
| Mother's age (years) | 37·05 | 4·19 | 37·03 | 4·95 |
| Mother's education (%) | ||||
| Junior high or less | – | 9·9 | – | 12·8 |
| Senior high | – | 53·7 | – | 55·1 |
| Some college and above | – | 36·4 | – | 32·1 |
| Father's education (%) | ||||
| Junior high or less | – | 11·3 | – | 17·1 |
| Senior high | – | 55·8 | – | 48·7 |
| Some college and above | – | 32·9 | – | 34·1 |
| Child's mean age (years) in 2009 | 8·45 | 1·03 | 8·35 | 1·02 |
| Scores on CFQ subscales | ||||
| Perceived responsibility | 12·5 | 2·6 | 12·6 | 2·2 |
| Perceived child weight | 12·0 | 1·8 | 11·7 | 1·9 |
| Concern about child weight | 7·4 | 3·1 | 7·7 | 3·1 |
| Restriction to eat | 30·4 | 5·0 | 30·0 | 5·4 |
| Pressure to eat | 16·1 | 3·0 | 16·1 | 2·9 |
| Monitoring | 11·3 | 2·6 | 10·9 | 2·7 |
| Perceive parent weight | 12·1 | 1·4 | 11·9 | 1·6 |
| Scores on parenting styles | ||||
| Authoritative parenting | 106·3 | 15·1 | 104·7 | 16·9 |
| Authoritarian parenting | 43·1 | 8·6 | 44·1 | 8·9 |
| Permissive parenting | 30·1 | 5·3 | 30·5 | 6·4 |
| BMI status in 2008 (n, %) | ||||
| Obese | 33 | 14·3 | 31 | 13·2 |
| Overweight | 48 | 20·8 | 28 | 12·0 |
| Normal weight | 123 | 53·2 | 133 | 56·8 |
| Underweight | 27 | 11·7 | 42 | 17·9 |
| BMI status in 2009 (n, %) | ||||
| Obese | 38 | 16·5 | 29 | 12·4 |
| Overweight | 43 | 18·6 | 26 | 11·1 |
| Normal weight | 119 | 51·5 | 125 | 53·4 |
| Underweight | 31 | 13·4 | 54 | 23·1 |
CFQ, Child Feeding Questionnaire.
Data are presented as mean and standard deviation unless indicated otherwise.