Table 2.
Descriptive characteristics of primary food providers and children (n = 225)
| Characteristic | Parent | Characteristic | Child |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years (mean, SD) | 35.3 (3.8) | Age, years (mean, SD) | 5.2 (1.3) |
| Sex (%, count) | Sex (%, count) | ||
| Male | 0.4 (1) | Male | 49.3 (111) |
| Female | 99.6 (224) | Female | 50.7 (114) |
| Weight statusa (%, count) | Weight status (%, count) | ||
| Underweight | 1.8 (4) | Underweight | 13.9 (31) |
| Healthy weight | 39.6 (86) | Healthy weight | 55.6 (124) |
| Overweight | 33.2 (72) | Overweight | 15.2 (34) |
| Obesity | 25.3 (55) | Obesity | 15.2 (34) |
| Family structure (%, count) | Weight and/or height measured in past 6 months (%, count) | 73.8 (166) | |
| Couple with a child | 13.8 (31) | ||
| Couple with children | 80.9 (182) | ||
| One parent family with a child | 0.9 (2) | ||
| One parent family with children | 1.8 (4) | ||
| Other family type | 2.7 (6) | ||
| SEIFAb Index of Relative Advantage and Disadvantage(%, count) | Frequency of social occasions in past week (median, IQR) | 5 (4) | |
| Lower (deciles 1 to 5) | 40.4 (91) | Frequency of select celebratory occasions in past week (median, IQR) | 0 (1) |
| Higher (deciles 6 to 10) | 59.1 (133) | ||
| Parent education (%, count) | |||
| Completed high school or less | 6.7 (15) | ||
| Tech or trade | 20.9 (47) | ||
| Tertiary degree | 35.6 (80) | ||
| Postgraduate degree | 36.9 (83) | ||
| Parent employment (%, count) | |||
| Employed full time | 18.2 (41) | ||
| Employed part time | 51.6 (116) | ||
| Not working / homemaker | 30.2 (68) | ||
| Ancestryc (%, count) | |||
| Australian | 48.0 (108) | ||
| English | 45.8 (103) | ||
| Other | 26.6 (60) | ||
| Scottish | 14.2 (32) | ||
| Irish | 13.3 (30) | ||
| German | 6.2 (14) | ||
| Italian | 5.3 (12) | ||
aMissing anthropometric responses for primary food providers (n = 8) and for children (n = 2)
bSEIFA, Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas; a lower value is reflective of greater disadvantage. Missing SEIFA (n = 1)
cParticipants could select up to two ancestries, therefore percentages exceed 100