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Table 3 Correlates of spending more than 2 hours/day of screen time outside school in Chinese children in 2006 (n = 986)§

From: Temporal trends and recent correlates in sedentary behaviours in Chinese children

 

≥ 2 hrs/d (%)

Unadjusted OR

Adjusted OR

Age

   

   6-12 yrs

42.9

1.0

1.0

   13-18 yrs

32.4

0.64 (0.45-0.91)

0.67(0.46-0.97)

Sex

   

   Girls

34.3

1.0

1.0

   Boys

43.9

1.49 (1.17-1.91)

1.41(1.09-1.82)

Region

   

   Rural

41.9

1.0

 

   Urban

33.2

0.69 (0.39-1.23)

0.62(0.36-1.09)

Per capita family income

  

   Low

40.7

1.0

1.0

   Medium

41.0

1.01 (0.67-1.54)

1.02(0.68-1.53)

   High

36.5

0.84 (0.55-1.27)

0.84(0.56-1.26)

Self-perceived weight status

  

   Healthy weight

39.0

1.0

 

   Underweight

44.7

1.27(0.77-2.08)

 

   Overweight/obesity

33.8

0.80 (0.45-1.41)

 

TV in child's bedroom

  

   No

37.6

1.0

1.0

   Yes

51.7

1.77 (1.09-2.87)

1.86(1.15-3.01)

Internet access in internet cafés

  

   No

37.8

1.0

1.0

   Yes

48.3

1.54 (0.91-2.60)

2.01(1.21-3.34)

Internet access at home

  

   No

38.9

1.0

1.0

   Yes

44.9

1.28 (0.77-2.14)

1.93(1.12-3.31)

Internet access at relative/friend's home

 

   No

39.4

1.0

 

   Yes

40.0

1.03 (0.60-1.75)

 

Watching TV with parent(s)

  

   Seldom

31.4

1.0

1.0

   Sometimes

36.9

1.28 (0.88-1.87)

1.26(0.86-1.86)

   Often

51.3

2.30 (1.44-3.69)

2.27(1.37-3.74)

Family's rules about TV viewing

 

   Seldom

41.4

1.0

1.0

   Sometimes

41.3

0.99 (0.66-1.49)

1.02(0.69-1.50)

   Often

30.4

0.62 (0.37-1.04)

0.64(0.37-1.10)

Family ask you engage in physical activity

  

   Don't care

39.6

1.0

 

   More physical activity

38.3

0.95 (0.66-1.36)

 

   Less physical activity

46.0

1.30 (0.65-2.60)

 
  1. § Stepwise backward elimination SURVEYLOGISTIC regression was used to model the correlates initially from a full model with all variables in the left column in the Table.