Paternal and maternal support of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in children on weekdays and weekends: a cross-sectional study

Table 4 Univariate association between maternal support behaviors and children’s MVPA

Variables	Daily weekday MVPA time		Daily weekend MVPA time		Daily MVPA time
Variables	<60 min (n = 529)	≥60 min (n = 893)	<60 min (n = 886)	≥60 min (n = 536)	<60 min (n = 619)	≥60 min (n = 803)
Total support behaviour scores	9.80 ± 2.16	10.01 ± 2.23	9.80 ± 2.18	10.15 ± 2.24	9.77 ± 2.15	10.06 ± 2.24
Share PA knowledge with the child	3.40 ± 0.84	3.43 ± 0.86	3.40 ± 0.84	3.44 ± 0.87	3.39 ± 0.85	3.44 ± 0.86
Cultivate the child’s PA habits	3.43 ± 0.84	3.47 ± 0.86	3.41 ± 0.85	3.52 ± 0.86	3.42 ± 0.83	3.48 ± 0.87
Reserve PA time for the child	2.97 ± 0.91	3.12 ± 0.95	2.99 ± 0.94	3.19 ± 0.93	2.96 ± 0.93	3.14 ± 0.94

Note. Bold results refer to significant difference between group ≥60 min and <60 min in each time interval (P < 0.05)

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