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Table 2 Relationships between physical home environment and children's amount of small screen entertainment for the previous day using ANOVA (n = 280).

From: Relationships between the home environment and physical activity and dietary patterns of preschool children: a cross-sectional study

Descriptive Construct

Physical Home Environment Item

Children's Sedentary Activity Mean small screen entertainment score (range = 0–11)

p value

  

Frequently

Sometimes

Occasionally

Rarely/Never

 

Physical activity (transport/play/sport outside home)

Frequency child attends swimming lessons

2.7a

2.6ab

3.6ab

3.6b

0.002

Rules about small screen entertainment

Frequency that TV is left on in home

3.8a

3.3ab

2.9b

2.5b

<0.001

 

Parents set rules about TV viewing

2.5a

3.6b

3.6b

4.1b

<0.001

 

Parents limit exposure to TV advertising

2.6a

2.7a

3.7b

3.7b

<0.001

   

Yes

No

  

Presence of small screen entertainment in home

Play station in home

 

3.5

2.9

 

0.02

 

Internet connection in home

 

3.0

3.7

 

0.01

 

Computer in home

 

3.1

3.9

 

0.07

  1. a,b Superscripts indicate which categories show a statistically significant difference using Bonferroni correction: same letter indicates no difference, different letter indicates a difference.