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Table 1 Relationship between family circumstance and minutes per day engaged in television viewing

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

   

0.54

   

0.002

   

0.13

   Onea

57

158.4

--

 

52

151.6

--

 

148

182.9

--

 

113

176.5

--

 

   Two

332

145.2

-12.2

 

323

149.0

-4.3

 

726

164.4

-21.7

 

623

170.4

-15.6

 

Respondent's marital status

   

0.01b

   

0.68b

   

0.001 b

   

0.15b

   Married/defactoa

331

143.9

--

 

321

148.2

--

 

715

163.6

--

 

613

170.0

--

 

   Separated/divorced

33

150.3

8.6

 

37

156.1

7.2

 

123

182.7

22.9

 

91

170.1

10.5

 

   Widowed/never married

23

190.1

47.5

 

15

155.7

11.1

 

28

189.7

28.2

 

25

203.2

37.1

 

Siblings

   

0.74

   

0.79

   

0.06

   

0.93

   Nonea

40

142.8

--

 

41

154.1

--

 

91

179.2

--

 

75

164.4

--

 

   One or more

347

147.7

3.6

 

333

149.1

-2.2

 

782

166.1

-14.8

 

657

172.0

1.1

 

Maternal education

   

0.002 b (0.001)

   

<0.001 b (<0.001)

   

<0.001 b (<0.001)

   

<0.001 b (<0.001)

   Not completed secondarya

81

159.5

--

 

85

178.2

--

 

242

189.0

--

 

184

193.4

--

 

   Completed secondary

151

159.4

-2.4

 

142

155.7

-24.6

 

306

173.5

-21.3

 

286

175.8

-19.0

 

   Tertiary

148

124.7

-34.8

 

142

125.7

-51.1

 

293

140.9

-53.1

 

243

148.8

-46.4

 

Paternal education

   

0.002 b (0.001)

   

<0.001 b (<0.001)

   

<0.001 b (<0.001)

   

0.02 b (0.04)

   Not completed secondarya

77

173.3

--

 

76

173.2

--

 

166

177.1

--

 

137

175.5

--

 

   Completed secondary

144

146.4

-31.3

 

130

150.5

-25.7

 

327

173.1

-15.4

 

279

178.1

3.1

 

   Tertiary

111

125.1

-51.2

 

114

127.8

-46.4

 

238

145.6

-37.8

 

206

156.1

-19.7

 

Maternal employment

   

0.02 b (0.55)

   

0.06 b (0.03)

   

0.07 b (0.09)

   

0.04 b (0.02)

   Full-time

72

161.9

2.1

 

67

150.6

-14.8

 

253

168.6

-18.7

 

223

165.5

-20.3

 

   Part-time

148

130.9

-28.6

 

132

135.2

-26.5

 

363

159.2

-23.8

 

279

173.2

-9.6

 

   Not in paid employmenta

153

156.2

--

 

158

162.1

--

 

205

180.0

--

 

200

175.5

--

 

Paternal employment

   

0.05 b (0.03)

   

0.53 b (0.91)

   

0.23 b (0.17)

   

0.63 b (0.34)

   Full-time

283

141.8

-72.9

 

281

148.1

-8.0

 

625

163.7

-17.3

 

534

170.1

-13.0

 

   Part-time

15

176.4

-31.8

 

17

144.2

-25.4

 

40

184.8

4.5

 

32

179.3

-7.2

 

   Not in paid employmenta

16

221.7

--

 

12

152.1

--

 

35

175.4

--

 

32

184.6

--

 

Maternal work hours (/day)

253

 

-0.36

0.78

243

 

-1.86

0.17

398

 

-2.19

0.14

331

 

-0.50

0.74

Paternal work hours (/day)

212

 

-1.64

0.46

204

 

3.15

0.04

353

 

-6.32

0.002

303

 

-0.54

0.75

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