Table 1.
Child participation rates and rates of completed family record forms in COSI/WHO Europe round 4 by country
| Country a | Children invited to participate |
Measured 6- to 9-year-old children with the family record form filled in, n | Children included in the analysis b, n | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| total number | proportion who participated in measurements ”, % | proportion whose family record form was filled in c, % | |||
| ALB | 7,113 | 91.8 | 36.2 | 2,527 | 1,624 |
| BUL | 4,090 | 83.7 | 83.1 | 3,400 | 2,945 |
| CRO d | 7,220 | 78.6 | 76.0 | 2,651 | 2,222 |
| CZH | NA | NA | NA | 1,406 | 1,368 |
| DEN | 3,202 | 84.6 | 29.9 | 957 | 805 |
| FRA | 7,094 | 76.8 | 75.6 | 5,318 | 5,183 |
| GEO | 4,143 | 80.7 | 78.4 | 3,246 | 2,876 |
| IRE | 2,704 | 56.6 | 32.4 | 874 | 748 |
| ITA | 50,902 | 90.2 | 95.2 | 44,020 | 37,359 |
| KAZ | 6,026 | 92.7 | 82.3 | 4,311 | 3,490 |
| LVA | 8,143 | 80.4 | 71.5 | 3,550 | 5,206 |
| LTU | NA | NA | NA | 5,707 | 3,150 |
| MAT | 4,329 | 91.8 | 73.4 | 3,179 | 3,064 |
| MNE | 4,094 | 84.1 | 66.8 | 2,736 | 2,084 |
| POL | 3,828 | 89.0 | 76.9 | 2,945 | 2,648 |
| POR | 7,475 | 92.1 | 85.6 | 6,391 | 5,321 |
| ROM | 9,094 | 83.7 | 73.6 | 6,610 | 5,156 |
| RUS | 3,900 | 77.7 | 52.6 | 2,052 | 1,854 |
| SMR | 329 | 95.1 | 93.6 | 306 | 257 |
| SPA | 14,908 | 73.1 | 70.1 | 10,453 | 8,349 |
| TJK | 3,502 | 94.7 | 93.5 | 3,270 | 1,935 |
| TKM | 4,085 | 96.7 | 95.3 | 3,891 | 2,939 |
| Total | 156,181 | 85.1 | 78.8 | 119,800 | 100,583 |
Figures refer to primary school children from: Albania (ALB); Bulgaria (BUL); Croatia (CRO); Czechia (CZH); Denmark (DEN); France (FRA); Georgia (GEO); Ireland (IRE); Italy (ITA); Kazakhstan (KAZ); Latvia (LVA); Lithuania (LTU); Malta (MAT); Montenegro (MNE); Poland (POL); Portugal (POR); Romania (ROM); Moscow city (RUS); San Marino (SMR); Spain (SPA); Tajikistan (TJK); and Turkmenistan (TKM).
All children with complete information on sex, whose age was between 6 and 9 years, whose weight and height were measured, whose BMI/A z-scores were within the normal range (>-5 to <+5), whose mothers had filled in the family record form and with complete information about breastfeeding practice.
Total figures were calculated including only countries with available information about the number of children invited to participate in the surveillance.
For Croatia, only data on 8-year-olds were available for comparison at the European level. Children ' s and families ' participation in the survey was calculated for the whole sample (not only 8-year-olds).