Parental physical activity, safety perceptions and children’s independent mobility

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Participants characteristics

Variable	Total participants (n = 354)
Child age (years), mean (SD)	11.63 (0.85)
Child sex (male), n (%)	156 (44.1)
Child independent mobility, mean (SD)	2.11 (0.75)
Parent age, mean (SD)	40.19 (6.29)
Parent education
Less than high school, n (%)	235 (66.4)
High school, n (%)	80 (22.6)
Some post-high school training or college, n (%)	7 (2)
Bachelor degree, n (%)	27 (7.6)
Higher education, n (%)	5 (1.4)
Parent PA
Walking (min*number of days), mean (SD)	318.01 (310.94)
Moderate (min*number of days), mean (SD)	228.94 (325.42)
Vigorous-intensity (min*number of days), mean (SD)	224.81 (294.07)
Total MET-minutes/week^a, mean (SD)	3763.00 (3403.73)
Parent perceptions of neighborhood safety
Sidewalk and street safety^b, mean (SD)	2.46 (0.55)
Fear of strangers, crime and traffic safety^c, mean (SD)	1.92 (0.45)

^a Total MET-minutes/week = Walk (METs*min*days) + Moderate (METs*min*days) + Vigorous (METs*min*days); ^b statements included: Road safety is a concern to me, there is heavy traffic; I feel it is safe for my child goes out or play in the street during the day; I feel it would be safe for my child to go to a bus/train/metro stop during the night; I am concerned that my son can get robbed, when my child go out at night; I worry about strangers in my neighborhood; There is a high crime rate in my neighborhood; ^c statements included: There are crosswalks and pedestrian signals to help my kids cross streets safely; There are devices to slow down traffic (traffic lights or speed bumps); There are safe sidewalks for my kids travel from home to school; My neighborhood streets are well lit at night; There are many children playing or walking in my neighborhood.

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