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Table 4 Longitudinal changes in activity duration between 11y and 13y, overall sample and clusters, LSAC data

From: ‘Social screens’ and ‘the mainstream’: longitudinal competitors of non-organized physical activity in the transition from childhood to adolescence

Activity

ANALYTIC SAMPLE (n = 1043)

SEGMENT 1 (n = 143)

(‘Social Screens’)

SEGMENT 2 (n = 900)

(‘The Mainstream’)

Mean change (95% CI) (min/day)

Effect size (d)

Mean change (95% CI) (min/day)

Effect size (d)

Mean change (95% CI) (min/day)

Effect size (d)

Non-organized PA

−87.0 (−91.4, −82.5)***

−1.19

−88.4 (−101.1, −75.8)***

−1.16

−86.7 (−91.5, −82.0)***

− 1.20

Texting/emailing/social media

8.7 (6.6, 10.8)***

0.26

56.4 (44.3, 68.6)***

0.77

1.1 (0.6, 1.6)***

0.16

Other internet use

4.6 (2.8, 6.4)***

0.15

32.2 (20.1, 44.2)***

0.44

0.2 (−0.3, 0.7)

0.03

Other PAa

15.4 (9.6, 21.2)***

0.16

12.0 (−1.6, 25.6)

0.15

16.0 (9.6, 22.4)***

0.16

Reading for leisure

−3.2 (−6.5, 0.0)

− 0.06

−1.0 (− 10.1, 8.1)

− 0.02

−3.6 (−7.1, − 0.1)*

− 0.07

Watching TV/movies

2.9 (−4.7, 10.6)

0.02

− 18.0 (− 38.0, 2.0)

− 0.15

6.3 (−2.0, 14.5)

0.05

Shopping

0.2 (−2.3, 2.6)

0.00

2.9 (−5.2, 11.0)

0.06

−0.3 (− 2.8, 2.3)

− 0.01

Music for leisure

0.8 (− 1.5, 3.1)

0.02

−3.5 (− 12.5, 5.5)

− 0.06

1.5 (− 0.8, 3.7)

0.04

Electronic gaming

2.5 (− 3.0, 8.0)

0.03

− 24.4 (− 43.3, − 5.4)*

− 0.21

6.7 (1.2, 12.3)*

0.08

Homework/study

8.8 (5.0, 12.5)***

0.14

4.3 (− 5.9, 14.4)

0.07

9.5 (5.5, 13.4)***

0.16

School lessons

9.0 (4.6, 13.4)***

0.12

9.2 (−0.5, 18.9)

0.16

9.0 (4.1, 13.8)***

0.12

Sleeping/napping

−5.6 (−11.7, 0.4)

−0.06

−15.5 (−33.5, 2.5)

− 0.14

−4.0 (− 10.4, 2.4)

−0.04

Daily living activities

11.9 (5.6, 18.2)***

0.12

16.9 (0.3, 33.6)*

0.17

11.1 (4.3, 17.9)**

0.11

Verbal communication

15.4 (11.7, 19.0)***

0.25

17.6 (8.0, 27.2)***

0.30

15.0 (11.1, 19.0)***

0.25

  1. n number of participants, CI confidence interval
  2. Bold text indicates statistically significant differences: *p < 0.05 **p < 0.01 ***p < 0.001 (paired-samples t-tests)
  3. a.Among the analytic sample, other PA increased from 46.6 min/day at 11 years (95% CI = 43.1, 50.2) to 62.1 min/day at 13 years (95% CI = 57.3, 66.9). This increase was spread fairly uniformly across organized PA (+ 5.2 min/day, 95% CI = 0.8, 9.7), active transport (+ 5.0 min/day, 95% CI = 2.5, 7.6) and active chores/work (+ 5.2 min/day, 95% CI = 2.3, 8.1).