Fundamental movement skills and physical activity among children living in low-income communities: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Descriptives and sex differences for children’s background, fundamental movement skills and physical activity

	All			Girls			Boys			Sex difference
	n	Mean	SD	n	Mean	SD	n	Mean	SD	P
Background
Age (years)	460	8.5	0.6	249	8.5	0.6	211	8.6	0.7	0.123
BMI-z score	458	0.75	1.25	248	0.67	1.22	210	0.84	1.29	0.156
SES^a	460	3	2	249	3	2	211	3	2	0.879
FMS (raw)
Locomotor skills	430	25.7	5.8	220	26.4	5.2	210	24.9	6.3	0.008*
Object-control skills	456	24.2	6.2	247	21.9	5.3	209	26.8	6.0	0.000*
Physical activity
Total daily MVPA minutes	220	54.8	19.7	125	49.1	17.0	95	61.9	20.6	0.000*
Lunchtime MVPA minutes	325	5.4	3.8	185	4.6	3.3	140	6.5	4.1	0.000*
Recess MVPA minutes	325	5.8	4.4	185	4.8	4.1	140	7.0	4.5	0.000*
After-school MVPA minutes	325	15.5	11.7	185	14.4	13.2	140	16.9	9.3	0.039*

Abbreviations: FMS, fundamental movement skills; MVPA, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity; BMI, body mass index; SES, socio-economic status.
^aSocio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) index of relative socio-economic disadvantage (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = least disadvantaged). *Significant difference between girls and boys, P < 0.05.

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