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Table 2 Relationship between family circumstance and minutes per day engaged in low-intensity activity

From: Children's television viewing and objectively measured physical activity: associations with family circumstance

Family circumstance

young girls

 

young boys

 

older girls

 

older boys

 

variable

n

mean

β

p-value

n

mean

β

p-value

n

mean

β

p-value

n

mean

β

p-value

Parents in the home

   

0.14

   

0.92

   

0.09

   

0.05

   Onea

56

354.4

--

 

54

322.6

--

 

155

402.6

--

 

114

409.1

--

 

   Two

331

319.7

-33.2

 

327

325.6

2.1

 

751

387.2

-16.5

 

639

387.0

-25.5

 

Respondent's marital status

   

0.10 b

   

0.78 b

   

0.11 b

   

0.14 b

   Married/defactoa

331

320.8

--

 

327

325.3

--

 

740

386.5

--

 

629

387.2

--

 

   Separated/divorced

32

324.8

5.7

 

37

334.6

8.8

 

128

404.2

18.9

 

95

407.7

24.6

 

   Widowed/never married

23

381.2

61.0

 

16

305.2

-18.4

 

29

405.1

19.5

 

25

384.5

-1.3

 

Siblings

   

0.005

   

0.09

   

<0.001

   

0.53

   Nonea

41

373.3

--

 

42

361.3

--

 

96

425.5

--

 

76

395.7

--

 

   One or more

346

319.0

-54.5

 

339

320.7

-38.1

 

809

385.6

-41.0

 

676

389.7

-8.4

 

Maternal education

   

0.55 b (0.77)

   

0.03 b (0.01)

   

0.37 b (0.41)

   

0.01 b (0.10)

   Not completed secondarya

81

318.0

--

 

85

349.5

--

 

256

388.3

--

 

191

406.9

--

 

   Completed secondary

149

335.3

15.8

 

143

328.8

-22.9

 

316

384.5

-5.4

 

294

379.8

-27.9

 

   Tertiary

149

318.1

-0.4

 

148

305.1

-44.2

 

298

393.8

4.3

 

247

388.1

-19.9

 

Paternal education

   

0.81 b (0.65)

   

0.92 b (0.79)

   

0.03 b (0.08)

   

0.36 b (0.57)

   Not completed secondarya

77

318.3

--

 

75

326.2

--

 

176

385.9

--

 

141

395.8

--

 

   Completed secondary

144

323.8

2.9

 

134

328.7

0.7

 

334

378.5

-10.9

 

286

381.8

-14.0

 

   Tertiary

111

314.6

-5.4

 

115

322.7

-4.1

 

243

398.2

10.3

 

211

387.2

-8.9

 

Maternal employment

   

0.07 b (0.03)

   

0.01 b (0.52)

   

0.54 b (0.27)

   

0.58 b (0.43)

   Full-time

71

356.1

39.0

 

67

347.9

4.9

 

255

392.7

8.1

 

225

389.9

-7.6

 

   Part-time

150

323.7

7.1

 

136

297.7

-42.6

 

376

388.5

5.4

 

288

386.0

-10.3

 

   Not in paid employmenta

151

314.3

--

 

160

340.4

--

 

218

382.5

--

 

208

394.5

--

 

Paternal employment

   

0.20 b (0.08)

   

0.24 b (0.11)

   

0.07 b (0.05)

   

0.17 b (0.07)

   Full-time

284

315.6

-46.7

 

283

321.2

-112.2

 

644

385.5

-38.3

 

545

387.5

-24.9

 

   Part-time

15

339.9

-18.2

 

19

342.8

-98.7

 

41

382.2

-41.7

 

32

405.8

-7.9

 

   Not in paid employmenta

15

367.0

--

 

12

430.4

--

 

37

421.5

--

 

34

413.5

--

 

Maternal work hours (/day)

250

 

2.74

0.22

247

 

-0.24

0.91

408

 

0.37

0.82

337

 

2.88

0.17

Paternal work hours (/day)

210

 

-3.91

0.07

207

 

0.34

0.91

361

 

-3.29

0.19

309

 

-1.51

0.44

  1. a referent category; b Wald test within regression analysis, ( ) p-value for linear trend