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Table 2 Characteristics and physical activity of the parents

From: Objectively measured physical activity in population-representative parent-child pairs: parental modelling matters and is context-specific

 

Mothers Minutes/day of MVPA

Fathers Minutes/day of MVPA

N (%)

Total min mean ± (standard deviation)

≥10 min bouts mean (standard deviation)

N (%)

Total min mean (standard deviation)

≥10 min bouts mean (standard deviation)

Overall

686 (100.0)

37.1 (21.4)

16.1 (16.4)

373 (100.0)

42.8 (23.0)

15.3 (16.3)

Basic characteristics parent

 Age:

  40 and less

199 (29.4)

36.3 (21.6)

14.3 (15.5)

53 (14.6)

45.3 (27.6)

14.5 (14.0)

  41 to 50

432 (63.9)

37.5 (21.7

17.1 (16.8)

238 (65.4)

43.4 (22.1)

16.2 (17.0)

  51 and more

45 (6.6)

39.1 (18.7)

15.7 (16.2)

73 (20.1)

40.3(21.8)

13.4 (15.7)

 Overweight parent

  No

524 (78.0)

38.1 (21.2)

16.7 (16.5)

168 (46.2)

47.2 (23.7)

19.1 (18.4)

  Yes

148 (22.0)

33.9 (22.2)**

14.0 (16.2)***

196 (53.8)

39.1 (21.9)***

12.6 (13.8)

Characteristics of the child

 Age children

  6–9 years ref.)

301 (43.9)

36.8 (21.0)

15.3 (16.0)

144 (38.6)

42.4 (24.9)

14.8 (15.0)

  10–12 year s

234 (34.1)

37.9 (21.1)

16.3 (15.0)

136 (36.5)

42.2(21.5)

14.5. (17.9)

  13–16 year

151 (22.0)

36.7 (23.1)

17.1 (19.2)

93 (24.9)

44.2 (22.1)

18.0 (19.9)

 Overweight child

  No

581(88.6)

36.7 (21.1)

15.8 (16.1)

313 (86.5)

42.1 (21.7)

15.4 (16.5)

  Yes

75 (11.4)

39.3 (23.5)

17.1 (17.4)

49 (13.5)

47.0 (29.5)

15.6 (16.2)

Family characteristics

 Nationality

  Swiss

485 (70.7)

38.1 (22.3)

16.7 (17.1)

267 (71.6)

42.3 (22.2)

14.6 (15.0)

  Dual citizenship

134 (19.5)

35.0 (18.4)

14.5 (14.5)

69 (18.5)

45.0 (25.2)

18.0 (19.9)

  Non-Swiss

67 (9.8)

34.9 (20.5)

14.1 (13.9)

37 (9.9)

41.7 (24.4)

14.5 (17.9)

 Highest education parents

  Low

18 (2.6)

32.7 (20.0)

10.9 (14.2)

9 (2.4)

44.2 (21.2)

13.3 (16.1)

  Medium

374 (54.7)

36.8 (22.3)

16.4 (17.2)

189 (50.8)

43.8 (25.4)

14.7 (16.0)

  High

292 (42.7)

38.0 (20.4

16.0 (15.5)

174 (46.8)

41.6 (20.2)

16.1 (16.8)

 Workload participating parent

  50% and less

492 (74.35)

38.2 (21.6)

16.8 (16.5)

26 (7.1)

34.7 (24.2)

14.8 (18.6)

  51–75%

97 (14.7)

35.6 (19.4)

15.4 (15.5)

15 (4.1)

33.3 (20.9)

12.9 (19.6)

  75% and more

73 (11.6)

31.4 (19.8)**

11.1 (12.6)**

327 (88.9)

43.7 (22.7)

15.6 (16.0)

 Parent child relationshipa (score):

  75 and less

236 (35.12)

35.2 (20.8)

14.2 (14.7)

146 (39.9)

41.1 (24.7)

15.0 (16.7)

  76 to 90

248 (36.9)

38.0 (22.0)

16.7 (17.6)

133 (36.3)

42.5 (21.7)

14.9 (16.9)

  91 and more

188 (28.0)

38.4 (21.3)

17.4 (16.4)

87 (23.8)

45.3 (21.5)

16.3 (14.6)

 Parental co-activity

  No regular co-activity

548 (79.9)

37.9 (21.7)

16.0 (16.6)

296 (79.4)

43.2 (23.5)

15.6 (16.8)

  Once a week and more

138 (20.1)

37.7 (20.4)

16.3 (15.4)

77 (20.6)

41.3 (20.7)

14.4 (14.3)

 siblings

  0

127 (19.0)

32.9 (19.2)

13.9 (14.6)

72 (19.9)

41.8 (22.7)

17.3 (18.6)

  1

315 (47.1)

38.7 (22.1)*

17.5 (17.6)

176 (48.8)

42.1 (23.3)

15.3 (16.4)

  2 and more

227 (33.9)

37.1 (21.0)

15.1 (14.8)

113 (31.3)

44.1 (22.5)

14.0 (14.7)

 PA-Role model

 Sport participating parent

  Never/seldom

165 (24.5)

29.8 (20.5)

10.1 (13.2)

113 (30.7)

38.8 (22.5)

9.7 (12.0)

  At least once a week

195 (28.9)

32.6 (19.0)*

12.4 (13.3)**

97 (26.4)

38.0 (19.2)

11.6 (13.8)

  Several times a week

314 (46.6)

43.7 (21.4)***

21.5 (18.0)***

158 (42.9)

48.5 (24.3) ***

21.9 (18.2)***

 Bike for transport in target week2

  No

390 (59.8)

35.2 (21.3)

14.9 (16.1)

213 (59.0)

41.9 (22.4)

14.9 (16.9)

  Yes

262 (40.2)

39.9 (21.7)**

17.8 (17.0)**

148 (41.0)

44.0 (23.9)

16.6 (15.7)

  No regular co-activity

548 (79.9)

37.0 (21.7)

16.0 (16.6)

296 (79.4)

43.2 (23.5)

15.6 (16.8)

  Once a week and more

138 (20.1)

37.7 (20.4)

16.3 (15.4)

77 (20.6)

41.3 (20.7)

14.4 (14.3)

 Environment

 Walkability

  Low

229 (33.4)

35.3 (21.3)

14.8 (15.2

127 (34.1)

42.8 (25.1)

14.6 (15.4)

  Medium

214 (31.2)

37.6 (21.9)

16.4 (16.5)

117 (31.4)

45.5 (22.9)

16.4 (16.1)

  High

243 (35.4)

38.5 (21.1)

16.9 (17.3)

129 (34.6)

40.3 (20.5)

14.9 (17.3)

 Urbanity

  Rural area

232 (33.8)

35.1 (20.8)

14.4 (14,9)

130 (34.9)

41.4 (22.7)

12.8 (13.4)

  Agglomeration

316 (46.1)

37.7 (21.9)

16.9 (16.8)

169 (45.3)

43.3 (23.3)

16.3 (16.0)

  Urban area

138 (20.1)

39.2 (21.3)

16.8 (17.7)

74 (19.8)

43.9 (22.8)

17.6 (18.9)

 Language region

  German

521 (76.0)

38.5 (22.0)

17.0 (16.9)

266 (71.3)

43.3 (22.9)

15.8 (15.8)

  French

140 (20.4)

32.3 (19.0)**

12.5 (13.9)**

97 (26.0)

41.4 (22.7)

13.5 (16.3)

  Italian

25 (3.6)

35.1 (19.8)

16.0 (16.1)

10 (2.7)

42.0 (29.3)

20.4 (27.3)

  1. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001
  2. aThe parent child relationship is based on the family module of the KINDLR questionnaire. The highest score of 100 denotes a perfect relationship and the lowest score of 1 denotes a very bad relationship
  3. bMVPA = moderate to vigorous physical activity
  4. Missing’s were substituted by an own category but not presented in the table