Table 2.
Characteristics of the subjects participating in the Dutch National Food Consumption Survey 2007–2010 (Numbers and percentages)
| Children (7–18 years) | Adults (19–69 years) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weighted† | Weighted† | |||||||
| Characteristics* | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % |
| n | 1713 | 685 | 2106 | 3134 | ||||
| Age–sex | ||||||||
| Boys (7–8 years)/men (19–30 years) | 153 | 8·9 | 60 | 8·7 | 356 | 16·9 | 339 | 10·8 |
| Girls (7–8 years)/women (19–30 years) | 151 | 8·8 | 57 | 8·4 | 347 | 16·5 | 335 | 10·7 |
| Boys (9–13 years)/men (31–50 years) | 351 | 20·5 | 144 | 21·0 | 348 | 16·5 | 703 | 22·4 |
| Girls (9–13 years)/women (31–50 years) | 352 | 20·6 | 137 | 20·0 | 351 | 16·7 | 696 | 22·2 |
| Boys (14–18 years)/men (51–69 years) | 352 | 20·6 | 147 | 21·4 | 351 | 16·7 | 531 | 16·9 |
| Girls (14–18 years)/women (51–69 years) | 354 | 20·7 | 140 | 21·0 | 353 | 16·8 | 530 | 16·9 |
| Region | ||||||||
| West | 736 | 43·0 | 295 | 43·0 | 935 | 44·4 | 1401 | 44·7 |
| North | 180 | 10·5 | 72 | 10·5 | 218 | 10·4 | 325 | 10·4 |
| East | 379 | 22·1 | 155 | 22·7 | 446 | 21·2 | 657 | 21·0 |
| South | 418 | 24·4 | 164 | 23·9 | 507 | 24·1 | 751 | 24·0 |
| Season (1st recall day) | ||||||||
| Spring | 388 | 22·7 | 171 | 25·0 | 489 | 23·2 | 783 | 25·0 |
| Summer | 410 | 23·9 | 171 | 25·0 | 509 | 24·2 | 783 | 25·0 |
| Autumn | 433 | 25·3 | 171 | 25·0 | 517 | 24·6 | 784 | 25·0 |
| Winter | 482 | 28·1 | 171 | 25·0 | 591 | 28·1 | 783 | 25·0 |
| Educational level | ||||||||
| Low | 373 | 22·1 | 148 | 21·9 | 709 | 33·7 | 1007 | 32·1 |
| Middle | 725 | 42·9 | 294 | 43·5 | 935 | 44·4 | 136 | 7·6 |
| High | 591 | 35·0 | 233 | 34·6 | 462 | 21·9 | 761 | 24·3 |
| Income head of house hold | ||||||||
| <Modal | 634 | 37·0 | 256 | 37·3 | 779 | 37·0 | 1125 | 35·9 |
| Modal–2× modal | 974 | 56·9 | 390 | 56·9 | 1168 | 55·5 | 1747 | 55·8 |
| >2× modal | 105 | 6·1 | 40 | 5·8 | 159 | 7·6 | 261 | 8·3 |
| BMI | ||||||||
| Underweight | 156 | 9·1 | 63 | 9·3 | 48 | 2·3 | 56 | 1·8 |
| Normal weight | 1248 | 72·9 | 499 | 72·9 | 962 | 45·7 | 1370 | 43·8 |
| Overweight | 308 | 18·0 | 122 | 17·8 | 1095 | 52·0 | 1706 | 54·5 |
*
BMI based on average height and weight (self-reported), categories based on( 9, 11 , 12 ); education: low=primary school, lower vocational, low or intermediate general education; middle=intermediate vocational education and higher general education; high=higher vocational education and university; region west includes the three main cities of the Netherlands; modal income in 2010=32 500 € gross wage/year(48).
†
Weighted for socio-demographic factors to make samples representative of the Dutch population.