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Table 3 Odds associated with spending > 2 h/day outdoors on weekends (N = 462): ORs (95% CIs)

From: The home electronic media environment and parental safety concerns: relationships with outdoor time after school and over the weekend among 9–11 year old children

 

Model 1

Model 2

OR (95% CI)

p

OR (95% CI)

p

Demographics

 Agea

1.59 (1.02–2.48)*

0.039

1.61 (1.01–2.57)*

0.045

 Sex (Ref = Girls)

1.24 (0.84–1.83)

0.276

1.26 (0.82–1.92)

0.292

 SES (Ref = High education)

1.22 (0.79–1.89)

0.359

1.19 (0.76–1.87)

0.454

Home electronic media environment

 Weekend TV viewing (Ref = High; ≥ 4 h/d)

1

0.184

1

0.203

  Mid (2–3 h/d)

0.62 (0.35–1.08)

 

0.63 (0.36–1.11)

 

  Low (<  2 h/d)

0.59 (0.32–1.08)

 

0.58 (0.31–1.09)

 

 Weekend computer use (Ref = High; ≥ 2 h/d)

1

0.309

1

0.297

  Mid (<  2 h/d)

0.80 (0.52–1.22)

 

0.86 (0.55–1.35)

 

  Low (None)

1.23 (0.65–2.30)

 

1.40 (0.72–2.71)

 

 Media access (Ref = High; 5–6 devices)

1

0.957

1

0.953

  Mid (2–4 devices)

1.05 (0.60–1.81)

 

1.09 (0.62–1.90)

 

  Low (0–1 devices)

1.12 (0.53–2.38)

 

1.11 (0.51–2.39)

 

Parental safety concerns

 Crime-related

1.16 (0.86–1.57)

0.334

1.14 (0.83–1.57)

0.416

 Traffic-related

1.02 (0.70–1.49)

0.902

1.01 (0.69–1.49)

0.956

  1. Ref reference category SES socioeconomic status, TV television
  2. Model 1: Simple associations between each independent variable and weekend outdoor time, adjusting for covariates (age, sex and SES). Odds ratios for demographic variables (age, sex and SES) are therefore taken from a model in which all three were included simultaneously. Schools were treated as random effects in all models
  3. Model 2: Mutually adjusted model with all independent variables entered simultaneously, with schools treated as random effects
  4. Effects of continuous variables are assessed as one unit offsets from the mean
  5. *p < 0.05
  6. aA significant interaction for age*sex (p = 0.009) and for age*SES (p = 0.027) was found; see text for details
  7. P values taken from Type 3 Tests of Fixed Effects; italic font indicates significant result