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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of children

From: Unrestricted prevalence of sedentary behaviors from early childhood

 

All

Boy

Girl

P

N = 480

N = 267 (55.62)

N = 213 (44.37)

 

N(%)

N(%)

N(%)

 

Child age(year)

   

0.001a

 2–4

28 (5.8)

18 (6.7)

10 (4.7)

 

 5–11

250 (52.1)

117 (43.8)

133 (62.4)

 

 12 above

202 (42.1)

132 (49.4)

70 (32.9)

 

 M(SD)

10.56 (3.89)

11.12 (4.23)

9.86 (3.31)

 

Grade

   

0.001a

 Kindergarten

80 (16.7)

43 (16.1)

37 (17.4)

 

 Primary

195 (40.6)

87 (32.6)

108 (50.7)

 

 High school1

133 (27.7)

82 (30.7)

51 (23.9)

 

 High school2

72 (15.0)

55 (20.6)

17 (8.0)

 

Status of living

   

0.001a

 Both parent

455 (94.8)

252 (94.4)

203 (96.7)

 

 Single parent

22 (4.6)

15 (5.6)

7 (3.3)

 

Mother age (year)

   

0.001a

 34

187 (39.0)

95 (35.6)

92 (44)

 

 35–44

205 (42.7)

105 (93.3)

100 (47.8)

 

 45–54

68 (14.3)

54 (20.3)

14 (6.7)

 

 55 above

16 (3.3)

13 (4.9)

3 (1.4)

 

 M(SD)

36.92 (8.20)

38.19 (8.73)

35.30 (7.18)

 

Mother Education (year)

   

0.114a

 0–11

179 (37.3)

97 (36.3)

82 (38.5)

 

 12

170 (35.4)

99 (37.1)

71 (33.3)

 

 13–14

60 (12.3)

39 (14.6)

21 (9.9)

 

 15 and above

71 (14.8)

32 (12.0)

39 (18.3)

 

Mother job

   

0.001a

 Employed

70 (14.6)

43 (16.1)

27 (12,9)

 

 Unemployed

407 (84.8)

224 (83.9)

183 (87.1)

 

FAS (item)

   

0.001a

 Low (8–25)

144 (30.0)

67 (26.9)

77 (40.7)

 

 Medium(26–42)

262 (54.6)

160 (64.3)

102 (54.0)

 

 High(43 and above)

32 (6.7.0)

22 (8.8)

10 (5.3)

 

 M(SD)

29.54 (8.72)

30 (8.0)

28 (8.0)

 
  1. P P-value, a P-value based on Chi square, b P-value based on t test, M(SD) Mean(Standard Deviation), FAS Family Affluence Scale