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Table 1 Characteristics of the children and parents who participated in B-PROACT1V in Year 1, Year 4 and both years

From: Change in children’s physical activity and sedentary time between Year 1 and Year 4 of primary school in the B-PROACT1V cohort

Child Characteristic

Participated in Year 1

(N = 1,299)

Participated in Year 4

(N = 1,223)

Participated in both Year 1 and Year 4

(N = 685)

Year 1

Year 4

N with data

 

N with data

 

N with data

 

N with data

 

Gender N (%)

Boy

1299

666 (51.3)

1223

556 (45.5)

685

323 (47.2)

As for Year 1

As for Year 1

Girl

633 (48.7)

667 (54.5)

362 (52.8)

 

BMI age-adjusted z-score Mean (SD)

1024

0.24 (0.93)

962

0.32 (1.07)

570

0.18 (0.91)

554

0.28 (1.04)

IMD score Median (IQR)

1171

10.8 (6.2, 19.4)

1204

11.1 (6.6, 21.7)

627

10.5 (6.1, 18.9)

673

10.4 (5.7, 20.8)

Moved schools between Year 1 and Year 4 (school information) N (%)

No

1022

912 (89.2)

  

685

682 (99.6)

  

Yes

110 (10.8)

3 (0.4)

Moved schools between Year 1 and Year 4 (parent questionnaire) N (%)

No

 

1000

874 (87.4)

 

573

551 (96.2)

Yes

126 (12.6)

22 (3.8)

Number of siblings N (%)

0

791

36 (4.6)

996

173 (17.4)

432

19 (4.4)

570

91 (16.0)

1

471 (59.5)

498 (50.0)

275 (63.7)

307 (53.9)

2

215 (27.2)

232 (23.3)

110 (25.5)

129 (22.6)

3 or more

69 (8.7)

93 (9.3)

28 (6.5)

43 (7.5)

Female parent responded N (%)

No

1299

414 (31.9)

1223

420 (34.3)

685

217 (31.7)

685

212 (30.9)

Yes

885 (68.1)

803 (65.7)

468 (68.3)

473 (69.1)

Male parent responded N (%)

No

1299

775 (59.7)

1223

733 (59.9)

685

400 (58.4)

685

401 (58.5)

Yes

524 (40.3)

490 (40.1)

285 (41.6)

284 (41.5)

Female parent age (years) Mean (SD)

839

37.3 (5.5)

740

40.8 (6.0)

457

37.6 (5.6)

439

40.7 (5.7)

Male parent age (years) Mean (SD)

498

39.8 (5.8)

382

43.2 (6.1)

274

40.1 (6.0)

218

43.6 (5.8)

Female parent BMI (kg/m2) Mean (SD)

844

25.0 (4.5)

761

25.8 (5.2)

450

24.8 (4.3)

451

25.4 (4.8)

Male parent BMI (kg/m2) Mean (SD)

511

26.3 (3.9)

475

26.4 (3.9)

280

26.1 (3.8)

278

26.4 (3.8)

Female parent ethnicity N (%)

White British

885

788 (89.0)

802

707 (88.2)

592

527 (89.0)

As for Year 1

As for Year 1

White Other

44 (5.0)

47 (5.9)

31 (5.2)

 

Black/Black British

14 (1.6)

8 (1.0)

7 (1.2)

 

Asian/Asian British

20 (2.3)

23 (2.9)

18 (3.0)

 

Mixed

10 (1.1)

9 (1.1)

6 (1.0)

 

Other

9 (1.0)

8 (1.0)

3 (0.5)

 

Male parent ethnicity N (%)

White British

521

465 (89.3)

490

436 (89.0)

419

380 (90.7)

As for Year 1

As for Year 1

White Other

22 (4.2)

21 (4.3)

15 (3.6)

Black/Black British

3 (0.6)

5 (1.0)

3 (0.7)

Asian/Asian British

16 (3.1)

16 (3.3)

12 (2.9)

Mixed

6 (1.2)

8 (1.6)

5 (1.2)

Other

9 (1.7)

4 (0.8)

4 (1.0)

Female parent employment status N (%)

Working full time

882

133 (15.1)

803

198 (24.7)

466

81 (17.4)

473

109 (23.0)

Working part-time

488 (55.3)

438 (54.5)

256 (54.9)

274 (57.9)

Full time parent/care-giver

193 (21.9)

121 (15.1)

95 (20.4)

65 (13.7)

In full time education

13 (1.5)

8 (1.0)

3 (0.6)

5 (1.1)

Not currently employed

55 (6.2)

38 (4.7)

31 (6.7)

20 (4.2)

Male parent employment status N (%)

Working full time

517

462 (89.4)

490

454 (92.7)

281

256 (91.1)

284

264 (93.0)

Working part-time

28 (5.4)

23 (4.7)

11 (3.9)

10 (3.5)

Full time parent/care-giver

10 (1.9)

3 (0.6)

5 (1.8)

2 (0.7)

In full time education

3 (0.6)

1 (0.2)

2 (0.7)

1 (0.4)

Not currently employed

14 (2.7)

9 (1.8)

7 (2.5)

7 (2.5)