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. 2023 Oct 26;20:20. doi: 10.1186/s11556-023-00330-7

Table 2.

Characteristics of all focus group participants (N = 37)

Characteristics Mean ± SD, %,
Sex (% female) 75.7
Age (years) 60.9 ± 4.1
BMI (kg/m2) 25.2 ± 3.9
 Underweight (%) 2.7
 Normal weight (%) 48.6
 Overweight (%) 37.8
 Obesity (%) 10.8
Educational level (% higher educated) 59.5
Average number of grandchild(ren) (regardless of their age) per grandparent 2.7 ± 1.3
 Mean age of all grandchild(ren) (years) 4.6 ± 2.9
Average number of grandchild(ren) aged ≤ 5 years per grandparent at data collection 1.9 ± 0.9
 Mean age of these grandchild(ren) (years) 3.0 ± 1.6

SD Standard deviation, BMI body mass index