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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of sample (n = 1836)^

From: Household chaos, family routines, and young child movement behaviors in the U.S. during the COVID-19 outbreak: a cross-sectional study

 

Household Chaos Category

 

Variable

Low

(< 25)

n = 381

Moderate/Low

(25-30)

n = 432

Moderate/High

(31-35)

n = 502

High

(> 35)

n = 521

p-value

Child Age, mean (SD), y

3.9 (0.8)

3.9 (0.8)

3.8 (0.8)

3.9 (4.0)

0.09

Child Sex, n (%), Male

173 (45.4)

206 (47.8)

247 (49.2)

269 (51.6)

0.29

Maternal Age, mean (SD), y

35.9 (4.2)

35.7 (3.9)

35.5 (4.1)

36.1 (4.0)

0.20

Maternal Ethnicity, n (%)

    

0.001*

 White

324 (85.2)

400 (92.2)

461 (91.8)

475 (91.2)

 

 African American

28 (7.4)

7 (1.6)

10 (2.0)

14 (2.7)

 

 Other

29 (7.4)

25 (5.8)

31 (6.2)

32 (5.1)

 

Maternal Hispanic Ethnicity, n (%)

26 (6.8)

24 (5.5)

30 (5.9)

30 (5.7)

0.64

Maternal Employment prior to outbreak, n (%)

    

0.04*

 Full-time (30h hours/week)

202 (53.0)

271 (62.7)

291 (58.0)

330 (63.3)

 

 Part-time (< 30 h/week)

78 (20.5)

77 (17.8)

96 (19.1)

89 (17.1)

 

 Unemployed/Retired

101 (26.5)

84 (19.5)

115 (22.9)

102 (19.6)

 

Household Income prior to Outbreak, n (%)

    

0.88

  < $29,999

13 (3.4)

11 (2.5)

12 (2.2)

13 (2.5)

 

 $30,000–$69,999

66 (17.3)

67 (15.5)

94 (18.8)

82 (15.8)

 

 $70,000–$139,000

184 (48.3)

207 (48.0)

230 (45.9)

257 (49.3)

 

 $140,000 or more

104 (27.3)

130 (30.0)

147 (29.3)

145 (27.8)

 

 Prefer not to answer

14 (3.7)

17 (4.0)

19 (3.8)

24 (4.6)

 

Number in Household Size, mean (SD)

3.9 (0.9)

4.1 (1.0)

4.2 (1.0)

4.4 (1.1)

< 0.001*

Number of Children in Household, mean (SD)

1.9 (0.9)

2.1 (1.0)

2.2 (0.9)

2.4 (1.0)

< 0.001*

Mother’s Current Stress, range 1–10, mean (SD)

5.7 (2.0)

6.5 (1.8)

7.1 (1.6)

7.9 (1.5)

< 0.001*

Region, n(%)

    

0.34

 Midwest

89 (23.3)

92 (21.2)

122 (24.3)

126 (24.1)

 

 Northeast

73 (19.1)

109 (25.2)

121 (24.1)

140 (26.8)

 

 Southeast

124 (32.5)

128 (29.6)

142 (28.2)

141 (27.0)

 

 Southwest/West

95 (24.9)

103 (23.8)

117 (23.3)

114 (21.8)

 

24-h movement guidelines Met

 Physical Activity, n (%)

124 (32.5)

111 (25.7)

111 (22.1)

104 (20.0)

0.001*

 Sedentary Screen-time, n (%)

69 (18.1)

49 (11.3)

32 (6.4)

41 (7.9)

< 0.001*

 Sleep, n (%)

342 (89.7)

386 (89.3)

441 (87.8)

416 (79.8)

< 0.001*

Number of Guidelines, n (%)

    

< 0.001*

 0

20 (5.3)

31 (7.2)

45 (9.0)

87 (16.7)

 

 1

215 (56.4)

270 (62.5)

339 (67.5)

317 (60.8)

 

 2

118 (31.0)

117 (27.0)

109 (21.7)

107 (20.5)

 

 3

28 (7.3)

14 (3.3)

9 (1.8)

10 (2.0)

 

Family Routines

 Bed-time Ritual, n (%)

363 (95.4)

404 (93.5)

467 (93.0)

473 (90.8)

0.06

 Consistent Bedtime, n (%)

322 (84.5)

347 (80.3)

378 (75.3)

375 (72.0)

0.001*

Routine Before Outbreak, n (%)

    

0.001*

 Very important

259 (68.0)

259 (60.0)

283 (56.5)

293 (56.3)

 

 Mildly/Not important

122 (32.0)

173 (40.0)

219 (44.5)

228 (43.7)

 

Routines Since the Outbreak, n (%)

    

< 0.001*

 Very Important

184 (48.4)

149 (34.4)

143 (28.9)

138 (26.5)

 

 Somewhat important

155 (40.8)

202 (46.8)

240 (47.9)

220 (42.3)

 

 Less/Not important

41 (10.8)

81 (18.8)

119 (23.2)

163 (31.2)

 
  1. ^Assessed using chi-square or fisher analysis or One-way ANOVA, p < 0.05*