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Table 2 Participant characteristics

From: The validity and reliability of a home environment preschool-age physical activity questionnaire (Pre-PAQ)

 

Reliability study (n)

Validity study (n)

Children

103/105 enrolled

67/105 enrolled

Boys

54 (52%)

35 (52%)

Ages

  

   3 year olds

37 (36%)

18 (27%)

   4 year olds

46 (45%)

33 (49%)

   5 year olds

20 (19%)

16 (24%)

Parents

103

67

Relationship to child: mother

95 (92%)

63 (94%)

Socioeconomic status 1

  

   Low

7 (7%)

6 (9%)

   Middle

30 (29%)

23 (34%)

   High

66 (64%)

38 (57%)

Ethnicity

  

   White (Anglo-Celtic)

90 (87%)

61 (91%)

   Mediterranean

6 (6%)

2 (3%)

   Other ethnicity

7 (7%)

4 (6%)

Mother's education level

  

   Completed high school

10 (11%)

9 (14%)

   Apprenticeship/university

85 (89%)

54 (86%)

Marital status of parent completing Pre-PAQ

  

   Married/living with partner

96 (93%)

64 (95%)

   Single

7 (7%)

3 (5%)

  1. 1SES based upon residential postcode using the Australian Bureau of Statistics Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage (45) organised into tertiles.