Table 3 Levels, sex and ethnic differences of children’s self-reported physical activity, usual sleep duration, sedentary behaviours, whether attending school, frequency and duration of leaving the home environment during a COVID-19 UK restrictions (April-June 2020)
All (n = 946) | Males (n = 486) | Females (n = 463) | p | White British (n = 385) | Pakistani Heritage (n = 418) | Other (n = 146) | p | |
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Physical activity self-reported during COVID-19 first lockdown (MVPA—≥ 60 min daily), n (%) | ||||||||
Sufficiently active | 259 (27.4) | 145 (29.8) | 114 (24.8) | .08 | 131 (34.1) | 95 (22.8) | 33 (22.8) | .00 |
Not sufficiently active | 687 (72.6) | 341 (70.2) | 246 (75.2) | 253 (65.9) | 322 (77.2) | 112 (77.2) | ||
Attending School, n (%) | ||||||||
Yes | 95 (10.0) | 56 (11.5) | 39 (8.4) | .11 | 54 (14.0) | 25 (6.0) | 16 (10.7) | .00 |
No | 854 (90.0) | 430 (88.5) | 424 (91.6) | 331 (86.0) | 393 (94.02) | 130 (89.0) | ||
Meeting Sleep guidelines, n (%) | ||||||||
Not meeting—less than 9 h | 63 (6.8) | 39 (8.3) | 24 (5.3) | .00 | 29 (7.7) | 22 (5.5) | 12 (8.5) | .00 |
Meeting guidelines—9–11 h | 637 (68.9) | 336 (71.3) | 301 (66.5) | 303 (80.2) | 239 (59.1) | 95 (66.9) | ||
Not meeting—Sleep more than 11 h | 224 (24.2) | 96 (20.4) | 128 (28.3) | 46 (12.1) | 143 (35.4) | 35 (24.6) | ||
Sedentary- Watching Television (not time playing video games), n (%) | ||||||||
< 1 h | 393 (42.3) | 211 (44.4) | 182 (40.0) | .26 | 160 (42.7) | 173 (41.9) | 60 (42.3) | .46 |
1–3 h | 380 (40.9) | 182 (38.3) | 198 (43.5) | 160 (42.7) | 160 (38.7) | 60 (42.3) | ||
3 h < | 157 (16.9) | 82 (17.3) | 75 (16.5) | 55 (14.6) | 80 (19.4) | 22 (15.4) | ||
Sedentary—Video games on a games console, n (%) | ||||||||
< 1 h | 365 (38.9) | 124 (25.8) | 241 (52.6) | .00 | 117 (30.7) | 176 (42.7) | 72 (49.7) | .00 |
1–3 h | 295 (31.5) | 157 (32.7) | 138 (30.1) | 120 (31.5) | 137 (33.3) | 38 (26.2) | ||
3 h < | 278 (29.6) | 199 (41.5) | 79 (17.3) | 144 (37.8) | 99 (24.0) | 35 (24.1) | ||
Sedentary—Computers/tablets use for social activity, n (%) | ||||||||
< 1 h | 653 (70.6) | 338 (71.9) | 315 (69.23) | .56 | 259 (69.4) | 283 (69.0) | 111 (78.2) | .309 |
1–3 h | 176 (19.03) | 83 (17.7) | 93 (20.4) | 74 (19.8) | 81 (19.8) | 21 (14.8) | ||
3 h < | 96 (10.38) | 49 (10.4) | 47 (10.3) | 40 (10.7) | 46 (11.2) | 10 (7.0) | ||
Sedentary—Mobile phone use (not playing games), n (%) | ||||||||
< 1 h | 707 (76.4) | 386 (81.4) | 321 (71.0) | .00 | 224 (64.9) | 342 (83.4) | 121 (86.4) | .00 |
1–3 h | 123 (13.3) | 55 (11.6) | 68 (15.0) | 78 (20.7) | 32 (7.8) | 13 (9.3) | ||
3 h < | 96 (10.4) | 33 (7.0) | 63 (13.9) | 54 (14.4) | 36 (8.8) | 6 (4.3) | ||
Sedentary—School Work (books, computers), n (%) | ||||||||
< 1 h | 271 (28.8) | 143 (29.7) | 128 (27.9) | .01* | 100 (26.3) | 134 (32.4) | 37 (25.3) | .00 |
1–3 h | 360 (38.3) | 201 (41.8) | 159 (34.6) | 128 (33.7) | 170 (41.1) | 62 (42.5) | ||
3 h < | 309 (32.87) | 137 (28.5) | 172 (37.5) | 152 (40.0) | 110 (26.6) | 47 (32.2) | ||
Screen time—Meeting Guidelines ≤ 2 Hours | ||||||||
Not Meeting | 842 (89.9) | 438 (91.4) | 404 (88.2) | .10 | 353 (93.6) | 364 (87.3) | 125 (87.4) | .00 |
Meeting | 95 (10.1) | 41 (8.6) | 54 (11.8) | 24 (6.4) | 53 (12.7) | 18 (12.6) | ||
Frequency of leaving home (including garden/yard) a day, n (%) | ||||||||
Stayed at home | 279 (29.7) | 145 (30.0) | 134 (29.4) | .10 | 68 (17.9) | 163 (39.5) | 48 (32.9) | .00 |
Once a day | 507 (53.9) | 260 (53.7) | 247 (54.2) | 244 (64.0) | 193 (46.7) | 70 (48.0) | ||
More than once a day | 154 (16.4) | 79 (16.3) | 75 (16.5) | 69 (18.1) | 57 (13.8) | 28 (19.2) | ||
Duration of time away from home (including garden/yard) a day, n(%) | ||||||||
< 30 min | 100 (15.0) | 44 (12.9) | 56 (17.2) | .17 | 30 (9.6) | 56 (22.1) | 14 (14.3) | .00 |
31–60 min | 359 (54.0) | 182 (53.5) | 177 (54.5) | 163 (51.9) | 141 (55.7) | 55 (56.1) | ||
60 min < | 206 (31.0) | 114 (33.5) | 92 (28.3) | 121 (38.5) | 56 (22.1) | 29 (29.6) | ||
Destination of activity—when leaving the home n(%) | ||||||||
Street | 221 (33.7) | 106 (31.2) | 115 (36.4) | .37 | 101 (32.6) | 91 (36.7) | 29 (29.9) | .00 |
Shops | 64 (9.8) | 31 (9.1) | 33 (10.4) | 22 (7.1) | 31 (12.5) | 11 (11.3) | ||
Park | 226 (34.5) | 118 (34.8) | 108 (34.2) | 83 (26.8) | 103 (41.5) | 40 (41.2) | ||
Non-park greenspace (e.g. woods, local fields) | 80 (12.2) | 36 (10.6) | 28 (8.9) | 67 (21.6) | 6 (2.4) | 7 (7.2) | ||
Other neighbourhood areas | 64 (9.8) | 48 (14.2) | 32 (10.1) | 37 (11.9) | 17 (6.9) | 10 (10.3) | ||
Type of activity—when leaving the home- Walk n(%) | ||||||||
No – did not walk | 154 (23.1) | 93 (27.1) | 61 (18.9) | .01 | 54 (17.1) | 75 (29.5) | 25 (25.3) | .00 |
Yes – did walk | 514 (77.0) | 250 (72.9) | 264 (81.2) | 261 (82.9) | 179 (70.5) | 74 (74.8) | ||
Type of activity—when leaving the home—Run/Jog n(%) | ||||||||
No – did not Run/Jog | 535 (80.1) | 263 (76.7) | 272 (83.7) | .02* | 259 (82.2) | 207 (81.5) | 69 (69.7) | .02* |
Yes – did Run/Jog | 133 (19.9) | 80 (23.3) | 53 (16.3) | 56 (17.8) | 47 (18.5) | 30 (30.3) | ||
Type of activity—when leaving the home – Ride bike/scoot n(%) | ||||||||
No – did not Ride bike/scoot | 388 (58.1) | 187 (54.5) | 201 (61.9) | .06 | 171(54.3) | 164 (64.6) | 53 (53.5) | .03* |
Yes – did Ride bike/scoot | 280 (41.9) | 156 (45.5) | 124 (38.1) | 144 (45.7) | 90 (35.4) | 46 (46.5) | ||
Type of activity—when leaving the home –Play, Sports or Games n(%) | ||||||||
No – did not play sports or games | 612 (91.6) | 308 (89.8) | 304 (93.5) | .08 | 296 (94.0) | 230 (90.6) | 86 (86.9) | .06 |
Yes – did play sports or games | 56 (8.4) | 35 (10.2) | 21 (6.5) | 19 (33.9) | 24 (9.5) | 13 (13.1) | ||
Type of activity—when leaving the home – Other (e.g. travelling in car) n(%) | ||||||||
No – did not do ‘other’ | 636 (95.2) | 330 (96.2) | 306 (94.2) | .21 | 305 (96.8) | 238 (93.7) | 93 (93.9) | .18 |
Yes – did do ‘other’ | 32 (4.8) | 13 (3.8) | 19 (5.9) | 10 (3.2) | 16 (6.3) | 6 (6.1) | ||