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Table 3 Logistic regression correlates for family and home environment and adolescents watching television/video/DVDs ≥ 2 hours/day.

From: Family and home correlates of television viewing in 12–13 year old adolescents: The Nepean Study

Explanatory variables

OR (95% CI)*

P value

Has siblings

3.0 (1.2, 7.8)

0.02

Mother watches television/videos/DVDs ≥ 2 hrs/day

2.2 (1.2, 4.1)

0.01

Adolescent watches television with parents ≥ 1/week

2.3 (1.3, 4.1)

0.004

Access to Pay television

2.0 (1.1, 3.7)

0.03

Eats snacks in front of television set ≥ 1/week

3.5 (2.1, 5.9)

0.001

  1. * Odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) are adjusted for all variables in the model.