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Descriptive statistics for children aged 2–3 in the NLSCY* |
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| N = 2152 |
Percent (%) |
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| Baseline (1994) |
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| Individual Characteristics |
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| Female |
49.56 |
| Male |
50.44 |
| Age = 2 |
48.52 |
| Age = 3 |
51.48 |
| Income Adequacy in 1994 |
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| Low/low middle |
20.28 |
| Middle/high middle |
64.43 |
| High |
15.29 |
| Parent Education in 1994 |
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| No high school certificate |
14.98 |
| High School/Some Postsecondary |
46.41 |
| Postsecondary degree |
38.61 |
| Family Structure in 1994 |
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| Child living in an intact family |
81.28 |
| Child not living in an intact family |
18.72 |
| Neighbourhood Low Income |
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| Least Poor (less than 7.6%) |
22.56 |
| Middle (7.7 to 28.6%) |
57.07 |
| Most Poor (greater than 28.7%) |
21.37 |
| Census Metropolitan Area |
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| Urban |
67.59 |
| Rural |
32.41 |
| Across Cycles (1994–2002) |
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| BMI Percentile (based on CDC values) |
Average (sd) |
| Ages 2–3 (1994) |
65.77 (1.45) |
| Ages 4–5 (1996) |
63.26 (1.29) |
| Ages 6–7 (1998) |
59.85 (1.40) |
| Ages 8–9 (2000) |
59.43 (1.54) |
| Ages 10–11 (2002) |
59.57 (1.31) |
| Overweight (BMI ≥ 85th Percentile based on CDC values) |
Percent (%) |
| Ages 2–3 (1994) |
48.71 |
| Ages 4–5 (1996) |
41.68 |
| Ages 6–7 (1998) |
38.67 |
| Ages 8–9 (2000) |
34.03 |
| Ages 10–11 (2002) |
31.53 |
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* NLSCY = National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (Canadian). Data used are for a cohort of children aged 2–3 at baseline (1994) and assessed bi-annually until 2002 | |
Oliver and Hayes BMC Public Health 2008 8:16 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-8-16 |
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