A cross-sectional study of the individual, social, and built environmental correlates of pedometer-based physical activity among elementary school children

Table 1 Comparison of child and parent-reported questionnaire data and pedometer data among the analytical sample and cases excluded in the current study

		Excluded cases (n = 553)	Analytical sample (n = 927)
Variables		%	%	p
Home ownership*	Renting	28.8	23.9	0.084
	Owned/purchasing	71.2	76.1
Marital status*	Married/defacto	80.5	78.2	0.370
	Other	19.5	21.8
Dependents at home <18 yrs*	One child	10.7	12.6	0.370
	≥2 children	89.3	87.4
Sex	Male	53.7	45.7	0.003
	Female	46.3	54.3
Grade of student	Grade 5	25.1	27.3	0.211
	Grade 6	34.4	36.8
	Grade 7	40.5	35.9
Highest education completed by any parent*	≤High school	25.5	23.4	0.266
	Diploma/trade/other	53.2	51.1
	≥Bachelor degree	21.3	25.5
Child usually driven to and from school	No	40.1	35.8	0.147
	Yes	59.9	64.2
Screen-based activity time*	<2 hours/day	18.1	27.5	<0.001
	≥2 hours/day	81.9	72.5
Dog ownership *	Owner	55.2	57.1	0.547
	Non-owner	44.8	42.9
Child has friends in the neighborhood	Many friends	69.5	68.7	0.762
	Few friends	30.5	31.3
Distance to nearest friends house from home*	>10 minute walk	35.0	38.6	0.226
	≤10 minute walk	65.0	61.4
Distance to nearest relatives house from home*	>10 minute walk	83.8	83.2	0.773
	≤10 minute walk	16.2	16.8
Have to drive child to park with suitable equipment	Yes	39.9	35.9	0.179
	No	60.1	64.1
Play in any street, park, or go for walk without an adult*	Not allowed	20.2	14.0	0.006
	Allowed	79.8	86.0
School neighborhood walkability score	High	47.7	45.6	0.431
	Low	52.3	54.4
School neighborhood socioeconomic status	High	32.4	41.2	<0.001
	Medium	33.1	35.8
	Low	34.5	23.0
Pedometer-based physical activity	Not achieving suggested steps	79.5	74.1	0.058
	Achieving suggested steps	20.5	25.9

* Indicates data collected from parent questionnaire; pedometer-based cut-points: ≥12000 steps/day for girls and ≥15000 steps/day for boys
N = 1480 participated in child survey; N = 1314 participated in parent survey; N = 1291 children participated in pedometer data collection.
Note: Excluded cases were those not participating in all components of the study as well as those not providing complete or valid data

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