Table 1 Characteristics of participating parents and children

Parents (N = 298)

Mother/father/other (n)

144/4/0

148/0/2

Age (year), mean (SD))

31.5 (4.4)^a

31.9 (4.0)

Height, mean kg (SD)

168.7 (6.0)

168.1 (5.9)^b

Weight, mean cm (SD)

70.8 (14.3)

71.1 (14.8)^b

BMI, mean (SD)

24.9 (4.6)

25.1 (4.8)^b

Two adult household (%)

98.0

96.7

Family members (n), mean (SD)

3.60 (1.0)

3.65 (0.87)

Born in Norway (%)

89.2

83.2^a

Education

^a

^a

Upper-level secondary school or less (%)

12.2

11.4

College/university (≤4 years) (%)

31.3

36.9

College/university (> 4 years) (%)

56.5

51.7

Northern Norway (%)

4.5

6.7

Central Norway (%)

10.8

10.7

Western Norway (%)

23.0

20.7

Southern Norway (%)

16.2

20.0

Eastern Norway (including Oslo) (%)

44.6

42.0

Child

Age (months (SD))

10.9 (1.3)

10.8 (1.2)

Girls (%)

46.6

43.3