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Table 2 The association (beta coefficient and 95% confidence interval) of parent belief and support with grade five girls’ physical activity 1 on school days and weekend days

From: The importance of parental beliefs and support for pedometer-measured physical activity on school days and weekend days among Canadian children

 

School days

Weekend days

 

Univariable

Multivariable

Univariable

Multivariable

 

Model 12

Model 23

Model 12

Model 23

 

β

(95% CI)

β

(95% CI)

β

(95% CI)

β

(95% CI)

β

(95% CI)

β

(95% CI)

Care staying fit & exercising

            

  A little bit

-506

-1151, 140

-416

-1057, 224

-238

-896, 421

-745

-1806, 316

-605

-1665, 454

-471

-1561, 619

  Quite a lot4

0

-

0

-

0

-

0

-

0

-

0

-

  Very much

347

-214, 907

339

-218, 897

34

-576, 644

605

-315, 1526

613

-309, 1535

170

-839, 1179

Encourage physical activity

            

  A little bit

-643

-1408, 122

-620

-1380, 140

-503

-1291, 285

-719

-1977, 539

-675

-1932, 582

-639

-1942, 665

  Quite a lot4

0

-

0

-

0

-

0

-

0

-

0

-

  Very much

616*

89, 1143

632*

108, 1155

546

-33, 1126

970*

101, 1839

997*

130, 1864

856

-103, 1816

Engage in physical activity

            

  <1 time/week

-8

-531, 515

19

-497, 535

222

-307, 752

409

-448, 1267

450

-402, 1303

652

-224, 1529

  1-3 times/week4

0

-

0

-

0

-

0

-

0

-

0

-

  >4 time/week

727*

-103, 1558

890*

67, 1712

712

-120, 1543

942

-420, 2304

1161

-198, 2519

806

-571, 2183

  1. 1– pedometer-measured steps adjusted for non-ambulatory activities, non-wear time activities, and missing data.
  2. 2– Model 1 is adjusted for household income, parental educational attainment and year of data collection.
  3. 3– Model 2 is adjusted for parental care about staying fit and exercising, encourage physical activity, engage in physical activity together, household income, parental educational attainment, and year of data collection.
  4. 4– reference category.
  5. *– considered statistically significant at P < 0.05.