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Table 3 Odds ratios and 95 % confidence intervals (CI)a of changing maternal self-efficacy to limit their child’s television viewing according to maternal and child predictors among children aged 4- and 19-monthsb

From: Tracking of maternal self-efficacy for limiting young children’s television viewing and associations with children’s television viewing time: a longitudinal analysis over 15-months

Predictor variable

Increasing self-efficacy

Decreasing self-efficacy

Persistently high self-efficacy

 

OR

95 % CI

OR

95 % CI

OR

95 % CI

Maternal physical activity

    

<150 mins/week

1.0 (ref)

 

1.0 (ref)

 

1.0 (ref)

≥150 mins/week

2.49*

(1.08 – 5.75)

2.18

(0.89 – 5.32)

1.87

(0.90 – 3.88)

Maternal TV time

1.00

(0.99 – 1.01)

1.00

(0.99 – 1.00)

1.00

(0.99 – 1.01)

Maternal education

   

Low

1.0 (ref)

 

1.0 (ref)

 

1.0 (ref)

Mid

0.77

(0.34 – 1.76)

1.05

(0.50 – 2.19)

1.45

(0.57 – 3.68)

High

0.88

(0.36 – 2.15)

0.99

(0.50 – 1.99)

2.17

(0.90 – 5.27)

Child age

0.92

(0.71 – 1.18)

1.10

(0.87 – 1.41)

0.86

(0.664 – 1.15)

Child temperament

   

Much easier than average

1.0 (ref)

1.0 (ref)

1.0 (ref)

Easier than average

0.89

(0.34 – 2.30)

1.01

(0.47 – 2.15)

0.41

(0.15 – 1.10)

Average

0.43

(0.16 – 1.14)

0.58

(0.24 – 1.40)

0.29*

(0.11 – 0.76)

More/much more difficult than average

0.38

(0.10 – 1.47)

0.40

(0.12 – 1.37)

0.07*

(0.01 – 0.46)

  1. aMultinomial logistic regression, adjusted for intervention group and clustering by first-time mothers group; Reference group: persistently low self-efficacy
  2. bBold results are significant at p < 0.05