Table 2 Adjusted percentage of parents reporting barriers to facilitating physical activity by child age group and demographic characteristics
From: Parental influences on child physical activity and screen viewing time: a population based study
Barriers | Total | Age group | Household income | Maternal education | Locality | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Pre-school | Young | Older | p* | < 40 k | 40- < 100 k | 100 k+ | p* | Lower | Intermediate | Higher | p* | Urban | Rural | p* |
Issues with transportation | 17.5 | 9.2 | 18.8 | 17.5 | .12 | 26.6 | 15.3 | 9.6 | < .01 | 19.2 | 15.0 | 15.6 | .23 | 11.4 | 22.2 | < .01 |
Lack of opportunities for physical activity | 21.3 | 27.3 | 23.7 | 20.1 | .29 | 29.3 | 20.5 | 12.7 | < .01 | 23.7 | 20.2 | 17.7 | .17 | 12.2 | 28.5 | < .01 |
Some activities too expensive | 37.9 | 37.2 | 46.4 | 34.3 | < .01 | 55.9 | 38.3 | 14.3 | < .01 | 42.5 | 39.3 | 28.3 | < .01 | 38.1 | 37.7 | .91 |
Insufficient time | 18.5 | 22.7 | 23.5 | 16.1 | < .01 | 19.1 | 19.2 | 16.9 | .59 | 16.4 | 17.7 | 20.6 | .21 | 16.4 | 20.1 | .05 |
Child doesn't like physical activity | 12.8 | 4.9 | 13.1 | 13.2 | .06 | 16.7 | 11.6 | 8.7 | < .01 | 15.6 | 10.9 | 9.8 | < .01 | 12.4 | 13.1 | .74 |
Total barriers to physical activity | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |||
0-1 | 69.5 | 72.4 | 64.9 | 71.3 | .04 | 55.6 | 71.7 | 83.7 | < .01 | 65.9 | 71.5 | 74.8 | .06 | 76.6 | 64.0 | < .01 |
2-3 | 26.0 | 25.9 | 30.6 | 24.1 | Â | 36.8 | 23.7 | 15.7 | Â | 29.6 | 23.9 | 22.9 | Â | 20.1 | 30.6 | Â |
≥ 4 | 4.4 | 1.7 | 4.5 | 4.6 |  | 7.7 | 4.7 | 0.6 |  | 4.5 | 4.6 | 2.3 |  | 3.3 | 5.4 |  |