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. 2016 Mar 30;11(3):e0151052. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151052

Table 2. Country specific daily breakfast consumption by family affluence, family structure and survey year.

Family Affluence (%) Family Structure (%) Survey year (%)
High Medium Low Two-parent Single Other 2002 2006 2010
Non European countries
Canada 51.6a 50.0b 47.4a,b 54.8c 41.9c,d 52.3d 47.7 50.3 51.0
United States 44.4a 40.0b 35.1a,b 44.4c 36.3c 38.7 38.3d 38.6 42.4d
Central European countries
Belgium—FI 66.1a 63.9b 58.0a,b 67.9c 57.8c 62.2 - 60.1d 65.4d
Belgium—Fr 62.7a 59.9b 51.4a,b 62.0c 54.5c 57.6 60.7d 59.1e 54.4d,e
France 63.4a 62.1b 55.5a,b 63.7c 56.3c,d 61.0d 64.3e 59.4f 57.3e,f
Germany 65.0a 60.1b 52.8a,b 64.5c 56.1c 57.5 62.6d 58.1 57.5d
Netherlands 73.1a 70.1b 66.2a,b 75.5c 66.2c 67.4 64.4d 70.6e 74.1d,e
Switzerland 46.5a 42.2b 39.0a,b 48.8c 36.6c 42.4 - 43.0 42.1
Southern European countries
Croatia 55.9a 54.9b 51.5a,b 56.6c 51.6c 54.0 63.8d 50.3 47.8d
Macedonia 48.9 53.3 52.2 57.8a 51.2a 45.4 45.4b 52.1c 56.9b,c
Portugal 72.1a 71.1b 66.8a,b 74.6c 66.4c 68.7 71.3 69.1 69.6
Slovenia 42.3a 38.7b 36.2a,b 38.6c 34.5c,d 44.3d 36.7e 39.9 40.5e
Spain 64.3a 61.4b 57.9a,b 65.7c 56.5c,d 61.3d 64.0e 65.9f 53.5e,f
Eastern European countries
Czech Republic 47.1a 45.8b 43.2a,b 49.8c 41.2c 45.1 47.6 42.9d 45.6d
Hungary 48.3a 48.6b 43.0a,b 47.3c 43.3c 49.3 49.2d 45.8 44.8d
Poland 64.3a 63.5b 59.1a,b 63.8c 56.4c,d 66.5d 67.2e 62.6f 56.9e,f
Russian Federation 56.1 56.3 57.0 57.2a 53.4a,b 58.7b 62.9c 54.2 52.1c
Ukraine 64.0a 63.9b 61.3a,b 65.4c 63.0c 60.8 70.1d 58.7 59.9d
Northern European countries
Denmark 71.2a 68.7b 63.6a,b 72.7c 62.7c,d 68.0d 67.6 69.2 67.0
Scotland 52.2a 50.6 49.1a 55.8b 46.4b 49.5 49.8 50.4 51.6
Wales 47.4a 47.3b 43.1a,b 52.3c 43.0c 42.6 43.1d 47.4 47.3d
England 52.2a 49.8b 46.7a,b 55.3c 46.2c 47.2 46.2 53.0 49.5
Estonia 60.5 59.2 58.3 62.1a 55.7a 60.2 - 59.8 58.8
Finland 60.7a 59.2b 56.8a,b 65.0c 52.8c,d 58.6d 59.7 57.5 59.5
Greenland 53.8 50.5 49.5 53.4a 43.7a,b 56.7b - - 51.3
Ireland 63.7a 62.2b 57.7a,b 64.9c 54.3c,d 64.2d 61.1 61.7 60.9
Latvia 60.8a 62.9 64.8a 64.7b 59.9b 63.9 69.5c 60.4 58.3c
Lithuania 59.7a 59.7b 56.9a,b 61.6c 55.6c 59.0 65.9d 58.8e 51.2d,e
Sweden 67.9a 66.7 65.5a 72.9b 64.4b 62.4 67.1 67.3 65.7
Norway 47.4a 47.3b 43.1a,b 52.3c 43.0c 42.6 43.1d 47.4 47.3d

a,b,c,d,e,f Bonferroni’s sequential test, p<0.05. The same index in the rows for each variable identifies the significant difference