Table 1.
Summary of respondent characteristics.
| CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variable | N | % |
| Gender | ||
| Female (F) | 198 | 49.7 |
| Male (M) | 199 | 50.3 |
| Age (years) | ||
| ≤4 | 75 | 18.9 |
| 5–8 | 103 | 25.9 |
| 9–12 | 103 | 25.9 |
| 13–17 | 116 | 29.2 |
| Fitzpatrick skin type | ||
| I | 12 | 3.0 |
| II | 78 | 19.6 |
| III | 216 | 54.4 |
| IV | 83 | 20.9 |
| V + VI | 3 | 0.8 |
| Missing | 5 | 1.3 |
| CHILDREN (age 0–12) | F/mean (SD) | M/mean (SD) |
| Body height (cm) | 121.6 (21.8) | 118.9 (20.9) |
| Body weight (kg) | 24.5 (10.2) | 22.9 (8.6) |
| ADOLESCENTS (age 13–17) | F/mean (SD) | M/mean (SD) |
| Body height (cm) | 163.2 (7.3) | 165.8 (11.1) |
| Body weight (kg) | 52.0 (7.4) | 53.6 (13.5) |
| ADULTS | ||
| Variable | N | % |
| Gender | ||
| F | 455 | 56.9 |
| M | 344 | 43.1 |
| Age (years) | ||
| 18–42 | 207 | 25.9 |
| 43–52 | 203 | 25.4 |
| 53–65 | 210 | 26.3 |
| ≥66 | 179 | 22.4 |
| Fitzpatrick skin type | ||
| I (burns immediately, never tans) | 15 | 1.9 |
| II (burns easily, tans slowly with difficulties to brown) | 136 | 17.0 |
| III (burns moderately, tans slowly to brown) | 449 | 56.2 |
| IV (burns rarely, tans fast to moderately brown) | 176 | 22.0 |
| V + VI (almost never burns, tans fast to dark brown) | 12 | 1.5 |
| Missing | 11 | 1.4 |
| Level of education | ||
| Primary/secondary school | 83 | 10.4 |
| Upper secondary school | 480 | 60.1 |
| University | 227 | 28.4 |
| Missing | 9 | 1.1 |
| F/mean (SD) | M/mean (SD) | |
| Body height (cm) | 165.6 (6.7) | 177.7 (7.1) |
| Body weight (kg) | 64.3 (10.1) | 81.2 (11.0) |