Research Article
Sugar Sweetened Beverage Consumption among Primary School Students: Influence of the Schools’ Vicinity
Table 1
Characteristics of students and schools areas.
| | Frequency | (%) |
| Outcome | | Sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) | | At least one SSB each day | 1060 (14.9) | Less than one SSB each day | 6039 (85.1) |
| Students () | | Gender | | Girls | 3543 (49.9) | Boys | 3556 (50.1) | Primary school cycle | | 1st cycle (6-7 years old) | 2264 (31.9) | 2nd cycle (8-9 years old) | 2343 (33.0) | 3rd cycle (10-11 years old) | 2492 (35.1) | Cultural origin | | Quebec French | 6138 (86.5) | Others | 717 (10.1) | Unknown | 244 (3.4) | Physical activity | | Organized | 2309 (32.5) | None | 3859 (54.4) | Unknown | 931 (13.1) |
| Schools () | | School socioeconomic index (SSEI) | | High | 13 (33.3) | Middle | 13 (33.3) | Low | 13 (33.3) | Urban density | | Lowest | 9 (23.1) | Low | 10 (25.6) | High | 11 (28.2) | Highest | 9 (23.1) |
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