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Table 5 Cross-sectional examination of socioeconomic correlates of high commuting, leisure-time sports, and sedentary behaviors in mothers and children 1,2,3

From: Longitudinal, cross-cohort comparison of physical activity patterns in Chinese mothers and children

 

Outcome: high level commuting activity

Outcome: high level sports activity

Outcome: high level sedentary behavior

Exposure

Children

Mothers

Children

Mothers

Children

Mothers

Household residence

      

 Urban

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Rural

0.43 (0.25, 0.75)†

0.74 (0.45, 1.24)

0.97 (0.57, 1.66)

0.67 (0.33, 1.35)

0.64 (0.37, 1.12)

0.63 (0.35, 1.13)

Household income

      

 Low

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Middle

1.30 (0.66, 2.54)

0.90 (0.52, 1.56)

1.55 (0.83, 2.89)

0.70 (0.29, 1.69)

0.87 (0.48, 1.59)

0.86 (0.43, 1.45)

 High

0.81 (0.39, 1.68)

0.83 (0.47, 1.47)

1.53 (0.82, 2.88)

0.58 (0.23, 1.46)

0.86 (0.47, 1.58)

1.20 (0.61, 1.46)

Maternal education

      

 None/primary

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Middle school

1.52 (0.85, 2.71)

0.86 (0.53, 1.39)

1.57 (0.94, 2.60)

0.82 (0.35, 1.91)

0.71 (0.43, 1.19)

1.17 (0.66, 2.09)

 High school

1.06 (0.39, 2.89)

0.68 (0.28, 1.64)

1.54 (0.69, 3.43)

3.32 (1.21, 9.19)‡

0.45 (0.19, 1.07)

1.24 (0.49, 3.16)

 Technical, college  or higher

1.37 (0.49, 3.85)

0.51 (0.17, 1.55)

1.40 (0.55, 3.61)

9.34 (3.56, 24.63)‡

0.56 (0.21, 1.50)

4.45 (1.61, 12.30)†

  1. China Health and Nutrition Survey.1,2,3
  2. †P < 0.01, ‡P < 0.05.
  3. 1Odds Ratio (95% CI).
  4. 2Separate models for mothers and children for each outcome variable (high commuting, leisure-time sports, and sedentary). Child models controlled for cohort, child’s age and gender. Maternal models controlled for cohort and maternal age.
  5. 3Models for commuting and leisure-time sports activities used data from both measurement occasions, and models for sedentary behavior used data at follow-up.