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Table 1 Survey participants’ sex, age, and their children’s school demographic variables expressed in numbers and percentages of the total responses (n = 27,729)

From: The effect of lockdowns and distant learning on the health-related behaviours of school students in the United Arab Emirates

Characteristic

Category

Frequency

Percent

Sex

Female

15,446

55.7%

Male

12,283

44.3%

Age

Below 20 years old

1126

4.1%

20–30 years old

1989

7.2%

31–40 years old

13,694

49.3%

41–50 years old

9084

32.7%

51 years old or above

1836

6.7%

Nationality

UAE citizen

7460

27.0%

Expatriate

20,268

73.0%

Child’s Grade

Kindergarten (4–6 years old)

4108

14.8%

Elementary School, Grades 1–4 (6–9 years old)

10,673

38.5%

Secondary School, Grades 5–8 (10–13 years old)

7548

27.2%

High School, Grades 9–12 (14–17 years old)

5400

19.5%

Child’s School Type

Government Education

4588

16.6%

Private Education implementing a Foreign Education System

13,688

49.3%

Private Education implementing the Federal Government system

9453

34.1%