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Table 1 Descriptives of socio-demograhic variables, child PA, child SST and parenting styles stratified by child gender and maternal educational level

From: Cross-sectional associations between maternal parenting styles, physical activity and screen sedentary time in children

Variable

Child gender

 

Total

Maternal education level

 

Total

 

Boys (N=2053)

Girls (N=1994)

 

(N=4047)

Low (N=598)

(N=4015)

High (N=1974)

 

(N=4015)

 

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

 

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

 

Mean(SD)

Age [years]

9.6 (1.1)

9.6 (1.1)

 

9.6 (1.1)

9.7 (1.2)

9.6 (1.1)

9.6 (1.1)

 

9.6 (1.1)

Child ethnicity [%]

N=2052 (100)

N=1994(100)

 

N=4046 (100)

N=598 (100)

N=1442 (100)

N=1974 (100)

*

N=4014 (100)

 Native Dutch

1643 (80.0)

1584 (79.4)

 

3227 (79.8)

386 (64.5)

1216 (84.3)

1619 (82.0)

 

3221 (80.2)

 Non-native/Western

166 (8.1)

164 (8.2)

 

330 (8.2)

41 (6.9)

92 (6.4)

191 (9.7)

 

324 (8.1)

 Non-native/non-Western

243 (11.8)

246 (12.3)

 

489 (12.1)

171 (28.6)

134 (9.3)

164 (8.3)

 

469 (11.7)

Child PA [%]

N=2034 (100)

N=1975 (100)

*

N=4009 (100)

N=591 (100)

N=1430 (100)

N=1960 (100)

*

N=3981 (100)

 Minimal (<3 h/week)

39 (1.9)

55 (2.8)

 

94 (2.3)

30 (5.1)

27 (1.9)

33 (1.7)

 

90 (2.3)

 Moderate (3-7 h/week)

220 (10.8)

374 (18.9)

 

594 (14.8)

111 (18.8)

207 (14.5)

270 (13.8)

 

588 (14.8)

 High (≥7 h/week)

1775 (87.3)

1546 (78.3)

 

3321 (82.8)

450 (76.1)

1196 (83.6)

1657 (84.5)

 

3303 (83.0)

Child SST [%]

N=2026 (100)

N=1970 (100)

*

N=3996 (100)

N=590 (100)

N=1424 (100)

N=1954 (100)

*

N=3968 (100)

 Low (<14 h/week)

1023 (50.5)

1221 (62.0)

 

2244 (56.2)

278 (47.1)

742 (52.1)

1212 (62.0)

 

2232 (56.3)

 High (≥14 h/week)

1003 (49.5)

749 (38.0)

 

1752 (43.8)

312 (52.9)

682 (47.9)

742 (38.0)

 

1736 (43.8)

Parenting style [%]

N=1874 (100)

N=1815 (100)

 

N=3689 (100)

N=523 (100)

N=1310 (100)

N=1829 (100)

 

N=3662 (100)

 Authoritative

575 (30.7)

557 (30.7)

 

1132 (30.7)

149 (28.5)

408 (31.1)

569 (31.1)

 

1126 (30.7)

 Permissive

377 (20.1)

334 (18.4)

 

711 (19.3)

97 (18.5)

276 (21.1)

330 (18.0)

 

703 (19.2)

 Authoritarian

263 (14.0)

282 (15.5)

 

545 (14.8)

77 (14.7)

181 (13.8)

285 (15.6)

 

543 (14.8)

 Neglectful

659 (35.2)

642 (35.4)

 

1301 (35.3)

200 (38.2)

445 (34.0)

645 (35.3)

 

1290 (35.2)

  1. Note: (SD) = standardized deviation
  2. Note: * Chi-square tests, independent t tests and ANOVA, p ≤ .05
  3. Note: Due to rounding the sum of the percentage in each category can be somewhat higher or lower than 100%, for example 99.9% or 100.1%