Table 1.

Family characteristics for children enrolled in private schools of São Paulo and Campinas, 2014 (n = 1,071).

Independent variables	Categories	Preschool-aged children (n = 410)	School-aged children (n = 661)	Whole sample** (n = 1,071)	p-value**
		n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS
Mother's age*		36.36 (4.55)	38.88 (5.10)	37.91 (5.05)	<0.001
Father's age*		38.81 (5.81)	41.93 (6.28)	40.73 (6.29)	<0.001
Mother's education	Lower than college complete	32 (7.80)	95 (14.37)	127 (11.86)	<0.05
	College completed	378 (92.20)	566 (85.63)	944 (88.14)
Father's education	Lower than college complete	47 (11.60)	134 (20.52)	181 (17.11)	<0.001
	College completed	358 (88.40)	519 (79.48)	877 (82.89)
Family's income	Up to 15 times the minimum wage	149 (38.30)	274 (43.91)	423 (41.76)	>0.05
	More than 15 times the minimum wage	240 (61.70)	350 (56.09)	590 (58.24)
Child's sex	Male	197 (48.05)	356 (53.86)	553 (51.63)	>0.05
	Female	213 (51.95)	305 (46.14)	518 (48.37)
ANTHROPOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS
Mother's BMI*		23.22 (3.43)	24.06 (3.82)	23.74 (3.69)	<0.001
Father's BMI*		26.87 (3.36)	27.06 (3.64)	26.99 (3.54)	>0.05
Child's BMI/age z-score*		0.21 (1.43)	0.46 (1.36)	0.36 (1.39)	<0.05
PARENTAL FEEDING PRACTICES (CFPQ)
Healthy eating guidance*		4.38 (0.44)	4.45 (0.42)	4.42 (0.43)	<0.05
Monitoring*		4.52 (0.70)	4.23 (0.67)	4.34 (0.70)	<0.001
Restriction for weight control*		2.12 (0.90)	2.24 (0.98)	2.19 (0.95)	<0.05
Restriction for health*		3.61 (1.14)	3.70 (1.23)	3.66 (1.20)	>0.05
Emotion regulation/Food as reward*		1.66 (0.64)	1.39 (0.50)	1.49 (0.57)	<0.001
Pressure*		3.33 (0.94)	3.30 (1.02)	3.31 (0.99)	>0.05

Brazilian minimum wage in 2014: R$724.00 (US$ 321.77); BMI, body mass index; CFPQ, comprehensive feeding practices questionnaire.

^*Continuous variables: means (standard deviation).

^**Preschool-aged children vs. school-aged children.

Values in bold: p ≤ 0.05.