Table 1.
Sociodemographic and other characteristics of Kids’Cam participants and schools
| Sociodemographic variable | Group | N (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Child participants (total n = 168) | ||
| Ethnicity | NZ European | 66 (39.3) |
| Māori | 60 (35.7) | |
| Pacific | 42 (25.0) | |
| School decile | Low (1–3) | 62 (36.9) |
| Medium (4–7) | 55 (32.7) | |
| High (8–10) | 51 (30.2) | |
| Age (years)* | 11 | 13 (8.0) |
| 12 | 122 (75.3) | |
| 13 | 26 (16.1) | |
| 14 | 1 (0.6) | |
| Gender | Female | 88 (52.7) |
| Male | 80 (47.3) | |
| NZiDep * | 1 | 52 (32.1) |
| 2 | 33 (20.4) | |
| 3 | 25 (15.4) | |
| 4 | 26 (16.1) | |
| 5 | 26 (16.1) | |
| BMI** | Underweight | 9 (5.4) |
| Healthy | 87 (52.1) | |
| Overweight | 46 (27.5) | |
| Obese | 25 (15.0) | |
| School details (n = 16) | ||
| Location | ||
| Wellington | 6 (37.5) | |
| Porirua | 6 (37.5) | |
| Hutt Valley | 4 (25.0) | |
| School decile*** | ||
| Low (1–3) | 7 (43.8) | |
| Medium (4–7) | 3 (18.8) | |
| High (8–10) | 6 (37.5) | |
* Age and NZiDep missing for 6 participants (questionnaire not completed)
** BMI missing for 1 participant as child declined to be measured
*** Some schools were sampled multiple times for a particular ethnicity/school decile stratum in accordance with sampling probability-proportional-to-size