Table 1.

Background characteristics of participants in the pilot test: child-care staff members (n 178), the Netherlands, April–May 2014

	n	%	Mean	sd
Gender
Female	176	98·9
Male	2	1·1
Age group
18–25 years	15	8·4
26–35 years	76	42·7
36–45 years	36	20·2
46–55 years	35	19·7
56–65 years	16	9·0
BMI (kg/m2)			23·9	2·2
Normal weight (20–25)	114	70·4
Overweight (25–30)	38	23·5
Obese (>30)	10	6·2
Education†
Child-care staff level 3	39	22·4
Child-care staff level 4	63	36·4
Child-care staff level 5	88	50·9
Number of own children
None	62	34·8
One or more	116	65·2
Type of group†
Baby group (0–1 years)	24	13·6
Toddler group (2–4 years)	43	24·3
Mixed age group (0–4 years)	95	53·7
Other type of group	39	22·0
Total experience in child-care
<5 years	37	20·8
6–10 years	51	28·7
11–15 years	40	22·5
>15 years	50	28·1
Experience in the current centre
<5 years	79	44·4
6–10 years	43	24·2
11–15 years	27	15·2
>15 years	29	16·3
Total number of groups at current centre			3·6	2·2

n deviates from total sample size due to missing values. Percentages presented in the table represent valid percentages.

^†Multiple answers possible.