Skip to main content

Table 2 Mean (SD) scores for the maternal and paternal support variables and child behaviour

From: Maternal and paternal support for physical activity and healthy eating in preschool children: a cross-sectional study

 

All children

Boys

Girls

Maternal support

Physical activitya

3.1 (0.1)

3.1 (0.1)

3.1 (0.1)

Fruit/vegetable consumptiona

4.0 (0.1)

4.0 (0.1)

4.0 (0.1)

Paternal support

Physical activitya

2.9 (0.1)

3.1 (0.1)

2.7 (0.1)

Fruit/vegetable consumptiona

3.3 (0.1)

3.4 (0.1)

3.2 (0.2)

Child behaviour

Daily physical activityb

11.8 (0.4)

11.7 (0.5)

11.8 (0.5)

Daily fruit/vegetable consumptionc

4.9 (0.1)

4.8 (0.2)

4.9 (0.2)

  1. There were no significant differences by child gender
  2. aScores ranged between 0–5
  3. bScores ranged between 0–24
  4. cScores ranged between 0–8