Early effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on physical activity and sedentary behavior in children living in the U.S.

BMC Public Health

Table 4 Results of Linear Regression Model for Variables Predicting Children’s Previous-Day Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior During the Early-COVID-19 period (April–May 2020)

	Total MET-min		Total Sitting min		School Sitting min		Leisure Sitting min
	β	p	β	p	β	p	β	p
(Constant)	46.580	< 0.001	14.047	< 0.0001	11.710	0.001	10.035	< 0.0001
Child Age	−0.234	0.001	0.422	< 0.001	0.206	0.004	0.337	< 0.001
Child sex
Female (vs. Male)	0.010	0.893	0.148	0.027	−0.135	0.062	0.235	0.001
Child ethnicity
Hispanic (vs. non-Hispanic)	−0.209	0.835	− 0.070	0.287	−0.104	0.142	− 0.024	0.722
Parent Work status
Full-time (vs. not Full-time)	−0.030	0.682	−0.064	0.375	− 0.189	0.010	0.009	0.898
Parent marital status
Married (vs. not Married)	−0.233	0.003	0.015	0.838	−0.060	0.440	0.083	0.261
Household Income
Less than $24,999	−0.051	0.499	0.053	0.449	−0.016	0.838	0.070	0.332
$25,000 - $54,999	0.061	0.405	0.131	0.055	0.002	0.947	0.166	0.018
$55,000 - $94,999	−0.119	0.104	0.177	0.009	0.048	0.514	0.173	0.013
R²	0.131	0.001	0.252	< 0.001	0.131	0.001	0.218	< 0.001

n = 187. Linear regression analyses were conducted on square-root transformed data. β = unstandardized regression coefficient. R^{2 =} percent of variance in the dependent variables that is explained by the combine defect of all the predictor variables in the model. MET-min = Metabolic equivalent of a specific activity x minutes spent doing that activity

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