Table 1
Description of sample, by child and biological parent characteristics, household population, Canada excluding territories, 2007 to 2013

Table 1
Description of sample, by child and biological parent characteristics, household population, Canada excluding territories, 2007 to 2013
Table summary
This table displays the results of Description of sample. The information is grouped by Characteristics (appearing as row headers), Sample size, Weighted estimate (mean or %) and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Characteristics	Sample size	Weighted estimate (mean or %)	95% confidence interval
Characteristics	Sample size	Weighted estimate (mean or %)	from	to
Child
Sex
Male	805	54.4	51.2	57.6
Female	758	45.6	42.4	48.8
Average age (years)	1,563	7.9	7.8	8.1
Body mass index category
Thin/Normal	1,102	71.4	67.7	74.9
Overweight/Obese	461	28.6	25.1	32.3
Fruit and vegetable consumption (times per day)	1,557	4.5	4.3	4.6
Physical activity (hours per week)	1,508	11.7	11.2	12.3
Screen time (hours per day)	1,562	2.2	2.1	2.4
Sleep (hours per day)	1,563	9.7	9.6	9.8
Breastfed as infant	1,289	84.1	81.3	86.6
Parent
Sex
Men	632	40.4	37.2	43.7
Women	931	59.6	56.3	62.8
Average age (years)	1,563	38.2	37.6	38.8
Body mass index category
Normal	602	37.7	32.7	42.9
Overweight	554	36.9	33.3	40.7
Obese	407	25.4	21.5	29.8
Lone-parent household	288	20.1	16.3	24.5
Highest level of education
Secondary school graduation or less	337	22.4	18.9	26.4
Postsecondary below bachelor's degree	664	43.3	39.1	47.5
Bachelor's degree or more	553	34.3	28.9	40.1
Source: 2007 to 2009, 2009 to 2011, and 2012 to 2013 Canadian Health Measures Survey, combined.

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