Table 2 Descriptives for the participants in the main analytic sample of pooled participants (those with accelerometry (3d), TGMD, age, sex, and education data)

Participant sex

 Male

502 (50.8%)

57 (55.3%)

79 (66.4%)

61 (49.6%)

23 (42.6%)

72 (48.0%)

62 (46.6%)

55 (55.0%)

93 (45.1%)

 Female

486 (49.2%)

46 (44.7%)

40 (33.6%)

62 (50.4%)

31 (57.4%)

78 (52.0%)

71 (53.4%)

45 (45.0%)

113 (54.9%)

Participant age

8.0 ± 2.1

6.8 ± 0.9

8.5 ± 0.6

10.4 ± 0.6

4.7 ± 0.7

5.0 ± 0.1

10.4 ± 0.4

7.1 ± 0.9

9.0 ± 0.6

Parent highest level of education

 Low

94 (9.5%)

3 (2.9%)

3 (2.5%)

3 (2.4%)

3 (5.6%)

5 (3.3%)

39 (29.3%)

3 (3.0%)

35 (17.0%)

 Mid

293 (29.7%)

20 (19.4%)

17 (14.3%)

24 (19.5%)

5 (9.3%)

44 (29.3%)

66 (49.6%)

20 (20.0%)

97 (47.1%)

 High

601 (60.8%)

80 (77.7%)

99 (83.2%)

96 (78.0%)

46 (85.2%)

101 (67.3%)

28 (21.1%)

77 (77.0%)

74 (35.9%)

Culturally diverse*

248 (25.1%)

21 (20.4%)

24 (20.2%)

23 (18.7%)

9 (16.7%)

13 (8.7%)

92 (69.2%)

36 (36.0%)

30 (14.6%)

TGMD: Total score

61.1 ± 14.9

72.6 ± 9.5

75.4 ± 9.5

56.4 ± 13.6

48.2 ± 9.0

71.2 ± 9.1

61.7 ± 10.8

48.4 ± 9.1

TGMD: Locomotor (raw total)

30.6 ± 7.0

32.8 ± 5.0

37.4 ± 5.9

29.7 ± 7.7

26.0 ± 5.6

34.6 ± 4.8

31.7 ± 5.1

25.4 ± 5.4

TGMD: Locomotor (scaled score)

6.3 ± 3.0

8.2 ± 2.2

6.8 ± 2.7

10.3 ± 2.4

8.2 ± 1.8

5.5 ± 1.8

6.7 ± 2.0

2.7 ± 1.4

TGMD: Object control (raw total)

30.6 ± 9.5

31.7 ± 7.4

39.9 ± 7.4

37.9 ± 6.2

26.7 ± 8.7

22.2 ± 5.5

36.6 ± 6.2

30.0 ± 8.1

23.6 ± 6.4

TGMD: Object control (scaled score)

6.9 ± 3.3

8.1 ± 2.5

9.1 ± 2.5

7.5 ± 2.8

10.6 ± 3.1

8.0 ± 1.9

6.8 ± 2.4

7.0 ± 2.4

2.5 ± 1.7

Average MPA time spent across valid days (any 3 days)

40.3 ± 12.8

44.0 ± 11.2

46.3 ± 12.6

40.6 ± 12.1

38.4 ± 13.5

38.9 ± 12.4

36.6 ± 13.4

41.2 ± 12.0

38.1 ± 12.8

Average VPA time spent across valid days (any 3 days)

19.2 ± 11.2

22.3 ± 11.0

28.2 ± 14.9

22.8 ± 11.0

15.3 ± 7.4

14.2 ± 7.1

14.8 ± 8.3

20.7 ± 9.3

16.9 ± 10.4