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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the interview sample of parents (N = 51) and their children

From: Parents’ perspectives of change in child physical activity & screen-viewing between Y1 (5-6) & Y4 (8-9) of primary school: implications for behaviour change

 

Parents

Children

 

Mean (SD)

%

Mean (SD)

%

Gender (% female)

 

60.8

 

51.0

Age (years)

41.2 (4.5)

9.0 (0.4)

Body mass index (kg/m2)a

25.8 (6.1)

0.01 (0.95)

Index of multiple deprivation

11.5 (9.7)

Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (mins/day)

48.1 (21.5)

58.3 (17.4)

Sedentary time (mins/day)

568.3 (149.3)

451.9 (103.6)

Ethnicity

 White British

94.1

 Other

5.9

Employment

    

 Full-time

45.1

 Part-time

39.2

 Unemployed/full-time parent

15.7

  1. aBody mass index value for children is BMI z-score based on the British 1990 Growth Reference