Table 2.
The number of children invited to participate in COSI/WHO Europe round 4 2015/2017, the proportions whose parents completed the family forms, the number of children included in the final analysis, and their demographic characteristics by country
| Countrya | Children invited to participateb |
Children included in the analysisc |
Distribution of children by sex and aged, % |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total, n | family form completed, % | boys, n | girls, n | total, n | boys | 6 years | 7 years | 8 years | 9 years | |
| ALB | 7,113 | 36.2 | 1,315 | 1,212 | 2,527 | 52.5 | 0.1 | 24.2 | 52.0 | 23.7 |
| BUL | 4,090 | 83.1 | 1,702 | 1,698 | 3,400 | 51.5 | 0.0 | 100 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| CROe | 7,220 | 76.0 | 1,318 | 1,333 | 2,651 | 51.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100 | 0.0 |
| CZH | n.a. | n.a. | 670 | 736 | 1,406 | 50.7 | 49.5 | 50.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| DEN | 3,202 | 29.9 | 511 | 446 | 957 | 52.7 | 27.4 | 70.2 | 2.4 | 0.0 |
| EST | 14,038 | 91.9 | 6,598 | 6,246 | 12,844 | 51.4 | 0.2 | 48.9 | 49.8 | 1.1 |
| FRA | 7,094 | 75.6 | 2,649 | 2,669 | 5,318 | 50.0 | 5.5 | 36.6 | 43.7 | 14.1 |
| GEO | 4,143 | 78.4 | 1,667 | 1,579 | 3,246 | 51.2 | 1.6 | 85.1 | 13 | 0.3 |
| IRE | 2,704 | 32.4 | 438 | 436 | 874 | 52.6 | 38.2 | 60.2 | 1.6 | 0.0 |
| ITA | 50,902 | 95.2 | 22,425 | 21,271 | 43,696 | 51.5 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 66.3 | 33.1 |
| KAZ | 6,026 | 82.3 | 2,149 | 2,162 | 4,311 | 50.6 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 51 | 48.6 |
| KGZ | 8,773 | 86.6 | 3,798 | 3,769 | 7,567 | 50.7 | 10.5 | 43.5 | 39.5 | 6.5 |
| LTU | 5,527 | 69.8 | 1,930 | 1,882 | 3,812 | 50.6 | 0.4 | 66.4 | 33 | 0.2 |
| LVA | 8,143 | 71.5 | 2,752 | 2,955 | 5,707 | 48.2 | 7.9 | 43.8 | 9.1 | 39.3 |
| MAT | 4,329 | 73.4 | 1,589 | 1,590 | 3,179 | 50.0 | 0.1 | 69.7 | 30.1 | 0.1 |
| MNE | 4,094 | 66.8 | 1,441 | 1,295 | 2,736 | 52.8 | 31.2 | 48.4 | 20.1 | 0.2 |
| POL | 3,828 | 76.9 | 1,451 | 1,494 | 2,945 | 50.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 |
| POR | 7,475 | 85.6 | 3,167 | 3,224 | 6,391 | 50.7 | 25.2 | 49.0 | 24.0 | 1.7 |
| ROM | 9,094 | 73.6 | 3,312 | 3,298 | 6,610 | 49.1 | 0.4 | 28.4 | 47.5 | 23.8 |
| RUS | 3,900 | 52.6 | 1,006 | 1,046 | 2,052 | 50.2 | 18.8 | 72.8 | 8.3 | 0.1 |
| SMR | 329 | 93.6 | 138 | 168 | 306 | 45.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 64.7 | 35.3 |
| SPA | 14,908 | 70.1 | 5,290 | 5,163 | 10,453 | 50.9 | 25.4 | 25.2 | 24.9 | 24.6 |
| TJK | 3,502 | 93.5 | 1,623 | 1,647 | 3,270 | 51.6 | 7.7 | 90.8 | 1.4 | 0.2 |
| TKM | 4,085 | 95.3 | 1,944 | 1,947 | 3,891 | 49.9 | 0.0 | 79.9 | 20.1 | 0.0 |
| TUR | 14,164 | 81.7 | 5,335 | 5,167 | 10,502 | 50.9 | 11.4 | 82.3 | 6.0 | 0.3 |
| Total | 198,683 | 79.5 | 76,218 | 74,433 | 150,651 | 51,3 | 0.0 | 45.7 | 48.6 | 5.7 |
n.a., not available.
Figures refer to primary school children from: Albania (ALB); Bulgaria (BUL); Croatia (CRO); Czechia (CZH); Denmark (DEN); France (FRA) Georgia (GEO); Italy (ITA); Kazakhstan (KAZ); Kyrgyzstan (KGZ); Lithuania (LTU); Latvia (LVA); Malta (MAT); Montenegro (MNE); Poland (POL); Portugal (POR); Romania (ROM); Moscow city (RUS); San Marino (SMR); Spain (SPA); Tajikistan (TJK); Turkmenistan (TKM) and Turkey (TUR).
Total figures were calculated including only countries with available information about the number of children invited to participate in the surveillance. The Estonian percentage refers to the proportion of child's form filled in, as the family form was not used in the 4th round of COSI and questions about PA patterns were put to children directly, not to parents/caregivers.
All children with complete information on sex, aged 6–9 years, and with information about physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and sleep duration from the family form.
Pooled values were estimated including the following age groups/countries: 7-year-olds from Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Kyrgyzstan, Georgia, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Montenegro, Portugal, Spain, Tajikistan, Turkey, and Turkmenistan; 8-year-olds from Albania, Croatia, Italy, France, Poland, Romania, and San Marino; and 9-year-olds from Kazakhstan. The figures were estimated by applying post-stratification weights.
For Croatia, only data on 8-year-olds was available for comparison at the European level. The proportion of children whose parents or caregivers filled in the family form was calculated in the whole sample (i.e., not only for 8-year-olds).