Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of 8-year-old children born between 1994 and 1996 in Stockholm, by parental migration status.
| Swedish | Immigrant | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any parent | Both parents | Only mother | Only father | |||
| Number of children | 2028 | 561 | 171 | 200 | 190 | 2589 |
| Proportion (%) | 78.3 | 21.7 | 6.6 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 100 |
| Sex (%) | ||||||
| Girls (n = 1267) | 47.9 | 52.8 | 56.7 | 47.5 | 54.7 | 48.9 |
| Boys (n = 1322) | 52.1 | 47.2 | 43.3 | 52.5 | 45.3 | 51.1 |
| Dietary score (%) | ||||||
| Low | 49.8 | 43.0 | 48.0 | 49.5 | 31.6 | 48.3 |
| High | 50.2 | 57.0 | 52.0 | 50.5 | 68.4 | 51.7 |
| Physical activity (%) | ||||||
| Low activity | 22.8 | 28.0 | 33.9 | 22.1 | 29.0 | 24.0 |
| Active | 77.2 | 72.0 | 66.1 | 77.9 | 71.0 | 76.0 |
| Iso-BMIa (%) | ||||||
| <25 kg/m2 | 79.7 | 74.2 | 69.0 | 77.0 | 75.8 | 78.5 |
| 25–30 kg/m2 | 16.7 | 18.5 | 20.5 | 18.5 | 16.8 | 17.1 |
| ≥30 kg/m2 | 3.6 | 7.3 | 10.5 | 4.5 | 7.4 | 4.4 |
| Parental educationb (%) | ||||||
| ≤9 years | 1.7 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 4.2 | 2.1 |
| 10–12 years | 44.6 | 41.1 | 42.1 | 38.5 | 42.9 | 43.9 |
| >12 years | 53.7 | 55.2 | 53.2 | 59.0 | 52.9 | 54.0 |
aSex- and age-standardized BMI corresponds to adult cut-off points.
bCompleted years of education.