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Table 4 Sources of variance in MVPA in target children, siblings, mothers and fathers

From: Context matters! sources of variability in weekend physical activity among families: a repeated measures study

  MVPA
Source of variance Variance % of total variance
Target children
 Intra-individual 183.7 10.8
 Weekend 580.4 34.1
 Inter-individual 939.7 55.2
 Total 1703.8  
Siblings
 Intra-individual 1086.4 27.6
 Weekend 1350.7 34.3
 Inter-individual 1496.7 38.1
 Total 3933.8  
Mothers
 Intra-individual 333.7 7.2
 Weekend 1631.4 35.0
 Inter-individual 2697.7 57.9
 Total 4662.8  
Fathers
 Intra-individual 1117.2 7.9
 Weekend 1279.7 9.0
 Inter-individual 11,798.3 83.1
 Total 14,195.2  
  1. MVPA moderate-to-vigorous physical activity; Percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding
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