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Table 1 Participant baseline characteristics

From: Outdoor time, screen time and sleep reported across early childhood: concurrent trajectories and maternal predictors

 

Mean (SD) n = 468

Child characteristics

  Sex, female (%)

47.7

  Age, months

3.6 (1.0)

  Length, m

0.6 (0.03)

  Weight, kg

6.2 (0.9)

  BMI z-score

-0.5 (1.0)

Maternal characteristics

Highest level of education (%)

  Some high school

20.9

  Completed high school/ trade/ certificate

25.6

  University

53.4

Maternal factors

  PA knowledge (possible range 0–3)

2.5 (0.3)

  Views of physically active children (possible range 0–3)

0.9 (0.5)

  PA optimism (possible range 0–3)

2.3 (0.4)

  Self-efficacy for promoting PA (possible range 0–3)

2.5 (0.5)

  Future expectations around children’s PA and ST (possible range 0–3)

1.7 (0.6)

  Floor play concerns (possible range 0–3)

1.0 (0.6)

  ST knowledge (possible range 0–3)

1.4 (0.5)

  ST use for practical reasons (possible range 0–3)

2.2 (0.5)

  Self-efficacy for limiting ST (possible range 0–3)

2.0 (0.6)

  MVPA (hours/day)

1.2 (0.9)

  ST (hours/day)

0.5 (1.9)

  Good sleep quality (%)

78.9

  1. Abbreviations: BMI Body mass index, MVPA Moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity, PA Physical activity, SD Standard deviation, ST Screen time