Table 1.
Characteristics of participants
| Missing | WTP Yes | WTP No | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Values | n = 710 | n = 741 | |
| Parental characteristics | |||
| Age (mother), m (sd) | 440 | 38.4 (5.2) | 38.9 (4.7) |
| Age (father), m (sd) | 507 | 41.5 (5.8) | 41.8 (5.6) |
| Maternal overweight, n (%) | 130 | 230 (35.5) | 183 (27.2)** |
| Paternal overweight, n (%) | 257 | 363 (61.2) | 370 (61.8) |
| Maternal obesity, n (%) | 130 | 91 (14.1) | 51 (7.6)*** |
| Paternal obesity, n (%) | 257 | 87 (14.7) | 78 (13.0) |
| Maternal WHtR ≥ 0.05, n (%) | 706 | 195 (53.0) | 174 (45.2) |
| Paternal WHtR ≥ 0.05, n (%) | 777 | 228 (67.5) | 250 (73.5) |
| Considering overweight and obesity as a problem, n (%) | 3 | 705 (99.3) | 713 (96.6)*** |
| Importance of being thin for being attractive (at least one parent), n (%) | 22 | 432 (61.4) | 382 (52.7)** |
| Consider child too corpulent (at least one parent), n (%) | 6 | 92 (13,0) | 47 (6,4)*** |
| High level of maternal health awareness, n (%) | 23 | 407 (58.7) | 431 (59.4) |
| High level of paternal health awareness, n (%) | 179 | 264 (42.0) | 273 (42.5) |
| Smoking (mother), n (%) | 29 | 146 (21.0) | 135 (18.5) |
| Smoking (father), n (%) | 158 | 188 (29.9) | 183 (27.6) |
| Tertiary family education level, n (%) | 36 | 243 (35.2) | 225 (31.1) |
| Monthly household income | 199 | *** | |
| < 2 250€, n (%) | 140 (22.1) | 200 (32.4) | |
| 2 250€ -<4 000€, n (%) | 333 (52.5) | 287 (46.4) | |
| ≥ 4 000€, n (%) | 161 (25.4) | 131 (21.2) | |
| Single parent, n (%) | 15 | 85 (12.1) | 85 (11.6) |
| Child characteristics | |||
| Intervention participant, n (%) | 0 | 399 (56.2) | 381 (51.7)* |
| Age, m (sd) | 0 | 8.06 (0.64) | 08.04 (0.63) |
| Boys, n (%) | 0 | 348 (51.3) | 380 (49.0) |
| Migration background, n (%) | 128 | 209 (32.3) | 163 (24.1)** |
| Overweight, n (%) | 30 | 89 (12.8) | 56 (7.7)** |
| Obesity, n (%) | 30 | 34 (4.9) | 21 (2.9)* |
| Central Obesity, n (%) | 29 | 81 (11.7) | 47 (6.5)** |
| m (mean), sd (standard deviation) |
***<0.001, **< 0.01, *< 0.05.