Table 1 The consumption of tap and bottled water (ml/d) by children in the NDNS sample (n = 845) by age group, gender, and socio-demographic group. The data are means and standard deviations (Std)
From: Water and beverage consumption patterns among 4 to 13-year-old children in the United Kingdom
Water (Tap + Bottled) | Tap water | Bottled water | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | Mean | Std1 | Mean | Std1 | Mean | Std1 | |
All | 845 | 257.6 | 275.7 | 215.9 | 259.8 | 41.7 | 116.2 |
Age (years) | |||||||
4–8 | 436 | 241.0 | 245.4 | 212.4 | 228.0 | 28.6 | 94.9 |
9–13 | 409 | 273.7 | 304.0 | 219.3 | 290.1 | 54.4 | 134.0 |
0.1061 | 0.7018 | 0.0041 | |||||
Gender | |||||||
Boys | 430 | 233.7 | 247.6 | 192.8 | 229.5 | 40.9 | 118.0 |
Girls | 415 | 282.7 | 300.3 | 240.1 | 286.0 | 42.5 | 114.4 |
0.0284 | 0.0275 | 0.8543 | |||||
Quartiles of IUC2 | |||||||
Q1 (poorer) | 148 | 177.1 | 193 | 145.8 | 175.9 | 31.3 | 97.0 |
Q2 | 186 | 260.7 | 282.6 | 208.7 | 249.9 | 52.0 | 135.6 |
Q3 | 215 | 272.6 | 256.4 | 240.0 | 251.5 | 32.6 | 96.6 |
Q4 (richer) | 197 | 318.9 | 331.8 | 266.5 | 319.4 | 52.4 | 125.6 |
<0.0001 a | <0.0001 a | 0.2319 | |||||
Season | |||||||
Winter | 230 | 241.8 | 224.8 | 208.8 | 212.7 | 33.0 | 92.6 |
Spring | 233 | 286.7 | 308.2 | 234.0 | 280.0 | 52.8 | 138.8 |
Summer | 207 | 242.0 | 238.2 | 194.7 | 225.1 | 47.3 | 119.1 |
Fall | 175 | 254.3 | 326.3 | 223.9 | 319.5 | 30.4 | 105.9 |
0.3518 | 0.4019 | 0.119 | |||||
BMI | |||||||
Under/normal | 607 | 261.0 | 282.4 | 221.2 | 268.9 | 39.8 | 112.3 |
Overweight/obese | 204 | 251.8 | 250.9 | 208.6 | 236.1 | 43.2 | 116.5 |
0.6973 | 0.5803 | 0.7080 | |||||
Ethnic group | |||||||
White | 723 | 247.1 | 270.4 | 205.0 | 254.7 | 42.1 | 118.1 |
Non white | 122 | 310.7 | 299.7 | 271.1 | 281.6 | 39.6 | 104.5 |
0.0276 | 0.0123 | 0.8156 | |||||
Region | |||||||
England: North | 201 | 234.4 | 233.5 | 178.2 | 208.4 | 56.2 | 137.4 |
England: Central/Midlands | 142 | 207.3 | 240.1 | 184.4 | 229.0 | 22.9 | 88.8 |
England: South (incl. London) | 355 | 303.6 | 317.4 | 264.2 | 305.0 | 39.4 | 112.0 |
Scotland,Wales, Northern Ireland | 147 | 210.9 | 232.2 | 165.8 | 206.9 | 45.1 | 115.9 |
0.0016 bc | 0.0003 bd | 0.0872 | |||||