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Table 1 Social, behavioural and environmental variables added to ICAD database

From: Harmonising data on the correlates of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in young people: Methods and lessons learnt from the international Children’s Accelerometry database (ICAD)

Domain

Construct

Description

Home and family

Parental composition

Number of parents/guardians living at home.

Internet access

Availability of internet in the family home.

Number of televisions

Number of televisions in the family home.

Garden

Access to a garden at home.

Home location

City, County/State, Urban/Rural.

Physical activity – behaviour and correlates

Sport and organised physical activity

Child’s participation in sport or other organised physical activities.

Physical activity self-efficacy

Child’s self-efficacy for engaging in or increasing physical activity.

Parent support for physical activity

Mother/Father/Guardian support for child’s activity.

Peer support for physical activity

Peer support for child’s activity.

Parental physical activity

Mother/Father/Guardian physical activity level.

Sedentary behaviour – behaviour and correlates

TV in the bedroom

Presence of a television in child’s bedroom.

Computer in the bedroom

Presence of a computer (inc. video games machine) in child’s bedroom.

Sedentary behaviour self-efficacy

Child’s self-efficacy for reducing sedentary behaviours

Parent support for sedentary behaviour

Mother/Father/Guardian support for child’s sedentary behaviour.

Peer support for sedentary behaviour

Peer support for child’s sedentary behaviour.

Parental television viewing

Mother/Father/Guardian time spent watching television.

Parental computer use

Mother/Father/Guardian time spent using a computer.

School factors and other behaviours

Physical education

Child’s engagement in physical education at school.

School start/end time

Start/end time of child’s school day.

Sleep duration

Child’s sleep duration.

Fruit and vegetables

Child’s consumption of fruits and vegetables.

Sugar sweetened beverages

Child’s consumption of sugar sweetened beverages.

Breakfast consumption

Whether or not child eats breakfast.

  1. Only constructs added to ICAD as part of the expansion project are detailed here. A complete listing of all constructs available in ICAD is provided on the ICAD website