Table 1.
Characteristics of grade 5 students (aged 10–11 years) in Nova Scotia, Canada by self-esteem and self-efficacy. Children’s Lifestyle and School performance Study (CLASS) 2011.
| Total Sample (n = 5281) |
Self-Esteem (n = 5093) |
Self-Efficacy (n = 5113) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Normal | Lowest Tertile | Middle Tertile | Highest Tertile | ||
| Household Food Security Status | ||||||
| Food secure | 74.8% | 66.8% | 76.2% | 72.2% | 75.2% | 77.5% |
| Marginal FI 1 | 8.1% | 10.1% | 7.7% | 7.9% | 8.3% | 8.2% |
| Moderate FI 1 | 10.0% | 13.7% | 9.5% | 11.6% | 9.5% | 8.6% |
| Severe FI 1 | 7.1% | 9.4% | 6.6% | 8.3% | 7.0% | 5.7% |
| Girls (%) | 52.2% | 47.8% | 52.9% | 49.5% | 54.2% | 52.9% |
| Bodyweight status (%) | ||||||
| Normal weight | 54.3% | 43.3% | 56.0% | 50.5% | 53.5% | 59.9% |
| Overweight | 21.7% | 22.3% | 21.7% | 21.5% | 22.7% | 21.2% |
| Obesity | 17.8% | 28.2% | 16.3% | 20.9% | 18.1% | 14.1% |
| Missing | 6.1% | 6.3% | 6.0% | 7.1% | 5.8% | 4.9% |
| Rural Residence (%) | 35.2% | 41.6% | 34.4% | 37.3% | 36.1% | 32.9% |
| Household Income (%) | ||||||
| <$20,000 | 20.7% | 31.9% | 18.8% | 23.9% | 19.4% | 17.5% |
| $20,001–40,000 | 14.1% | 14.5% | 14.0% | 15.0% | 14.2% | 12.6% |
| $40,001–60,000 | 25.4% | 21.8% | 26.0% | 24.3% | 26.6% | 26.3% |
| >$60,000 | 20.6% | 12.9% | 21.8% | 16.3% | 21.5% | 24.7% |
| Missing/prefer not to answer | 19.2% | 18.8% | 19.4% | 20.5% | 18.3% | 18.9% |
| Parent education (%) | ||||||
| Secondary school or less | 18.0% | 23.0% | 17.2% | 20.8% | 16.5% | 16.2% |
| College | 40.6% | 44.5% | 39.9% | 41.7% | 43.3% | 36.0% |
| University | 37.5% | 27.0% | 39.3% | 32.5% | 37.2% | 42.3% |
| Missing | 4.0% | 5.6% | 3.7% | 5.1% | 3.0% | 3.5% |
1 Food insecurity.