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Table 3 Relationship between family circumstance and minutes per day engaged in moderate-to-vigorous-intensity physical activity

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

   

0.27

   

0.44

   

0.73

   

0.17

   Onea

59

224.1

--

 

54

263.7

--

 

159

119.7

--

 

121

137.4

--

 

   Two

335

237.2

12.6

 

332

254.3

-9.1

 

755

118.1

-1.4

 

643

141.3

5.3

 

Respondent's marital status

   

0.60 b

   

0.52 b

   

0.44 b

   

0.56 b

   Married/defactoa

334

236.8

--

 

331

253.9

--

 

745

117.8

--

 

632

141.2

--

 

   Separated/divorced

33

230.9

-6.4

 

37

263.8

10.1

 

128

122.2

4.3

 

96

138.5

-4.3

 

   Widowed/never married

24

222.8

-14.1

 

16

263.8

9.4

 

29

115.4

-2.6

 

25

143.6

1.8

 

Siblings

   

0.04

   

0.66

   

0.06

   

0.20

   Nonea

42

216.7

--

 

42

250.9

--

 

97

112.1

--

 

76

136.9

--

 

   One or more

350

237.6

20.9

 

343

256.0

4.4

 

813

119.1

7.1

 

680

141.2

5.3

 

Maternal education

   

0.07 b (0.41)

   

0.14 b (0.05)

   

0.88 b (0.76)

   

0.46 b (0.69)

   Not completed secondarya

83

248.7

--

 

86

244.7

--

 

256

117.4

--

 

192

138.2

--

 

   Completed secondary

153

226.6

-21.5

 

145

256.3

12.2

 

317

119.1

1.8

 

296

142.8

5.0

 

   Tertiary

149

236.5

-12.1

 

149

262.1

17.3

 

302

118.5

1.2

 

248

140.1

2.4

 

Paternal education

   

0.23 b (0.13)

   

0.84 b (0.76)

   

0.13 b (0.52)

   

0.50 b (0.65)

   Not completed secondarya

77

248.7

--

 

77

258.4

--

 

176

116.9

--

 

141

140.9

--

 

   Completed secondary

146

235.9

-11.7

 

136

251.7

-6.2

 

338

120.8

4.5

 

290

143.1

2.1

 

   Tertiary

112

232.1

-15.8

 

116

254.8

-3.4

 

243

115.5

-1.1

 

211

139.3

-1.5

 

Maternal employment

   

0.46 b (0.29)

   

0.01 b (0.06)

   

0.24 b (0.09)

   

0.38 b (0.18)

   Full-time

72

232.5

-7.6

 

67

254.7

11.2

 

257

120.9

5.6

 

225

142.2

5.3

 

   Part-time

150

229.5

-10.7

 

137

267.7

23.3

 

379

118.7

3.3

 

290

141.9

4.6

 

   Not in paid employmenta

156

241.1

--

 

163

244.5

--

 

218

115.5

--

 

210

138.2

--

 

Paternal employment

   

0.90 b (0.68)

   

0.42 b (0.31)

   

0.82 b (0.91)

   

0.94 b (0.89)

   Full-time

286

238.9

2.5

 

287

255.9

40.2

 

648

118.2

3.0

 

549

140.5

1.5

 

   Part-time

15

233.0

-5.1

 

20

261.1

47.3

 

41

122.4

7.2

 

32

141.4

2.9

 

   Not in paid employmenta

16

234.5

--

 

12

216.6

--

 

37

115.6

--

 

34

138.6

--

 

Maternal work hours (/day)

255

 

-0.79

0.47

250

 

0.36

0.71

411

 

0.65

0.25

338

 

-0.29

0.75

Paternal work hours (/day)

212

 

-0.30

0.82

210

 

-0.86

0.59

364

 

1.21

0.13

310

 

0.65

0.34

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