Table 1.

Sample description: observations (n) and percentages (%) or mean and standard deviation (SD)

Sample characteristic1	Categories	n	%
Gender	Male	2918	51.6
	Female	2738	48.4
Age, years [mean (SD)]		5.95	(0.27)
Obesity	No	5106	90.3
	Yes	550	9.7
Neighbourhood deprivation	Very low	995	17.6
	Low	1652	29.2
	Medium	1608	28.4
	High	1401	24.8
Parental education	High	3148	55.7
	Medium/low	2508	44.3
Employment status	At least one parent in employment	5303	93.8
	Both parents are not employed	353	6.2
Family status	Dual-parent families	4,953	87.6
	Single parents	703	12.4
Migration background	No	2946	52.1
	Yes	2710	47.9
Total		5656	100.00

¹Variable distributions are reported as n and % unless otherwise specified