Table 2 Parent Physical Activity Information Needs by Child and Parent Characteristics
Interest in information about helping family be active during COVID-19 (% Yes) | “What kind of information would you want?” (% Yes) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Why it’s important to be active during COVID-19 | How to avoid getting COVID-19 while doing PA | Online resources for your child to do PA | Ideas about PA your child can do… | |||||
…alone | …inside | …outdoors | ||||||
n | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | |
Total | 1000 | 41.9 (38.9–45.5) | 30.6 (27.4–34.1) | 32.8 (29.4–36.3) | 36.7 (33.2–40.3) | 35.1 (31.7–38.7) | 37.4 (34.0–41.0) | 34.6 (31.2–38.1) |
Parents of Children Ages 6–10 | ||||||||
Child Characteristics | ||||||||
Total | 500 | 39.3 (34.5–44.3) | 28.5 (24.2–33.2) | 32.6 (28.1–37.5) | 35.2 (30.6–40.2) | 32.6 (28.1–37.5) | 36.1 (31.5–41.1) | 33.0 (28.5–37.8) |
Gender | ||||||||
Male | 265 | 42.5 (35.8–49.6) | 30.0 (23.9–36.8) | 35.9 (29.4–42.9) | 38.9 (32.3–46.0) | 34.6 (28.2–41.5) | 38.9 (32.3–46.0) | 35.8 (29.4–42.8) |
Female | 228 | 36.7 (30.0–43.9) | 27.5 (21.5–34.4) | 29.8 (23.5–36.8) | 32.1 (25.6–39.2) | 31.3 (24.9–38.3) | 34.1 (27.5–41.3) | 30.7 (24.4–37.7) |
School status | ||||||||
In-person | 124 | 27.5 (19.6–37.1) | 16.7 (10.6–25.2) | 21.6 (14.7–30.6) | 23.4 (16.0–32.8) | 22.6 (15.5–31.7) | 24.5 (17.0–33.8) | 25.5 (17.8–35.0) |
Remote | 243 | 47.3 (40.2–54.5) | 37.7 (31.0–44.9) | 39.8 (33.0–47.0) | 44.5 (37.5–51.7) | 39.4 (32.6–46.6) | 44.6 (37.6–51.9) | 38.4 (31.7–45.6) |
Hybrid | 132 | 34.5 (25.9–44.4) | 21.3 (14.4–30.3) | 28.8 (20.8–38.5) | 28.0 (20.1–37.6) | 28.9 (20.8–38.5) | 30.4 (22.1–40.0) | 29.5 (21.4–39.2) |
Parent Characteristics | ||||||||
Gender | ||||||||
Male | 203 | 35.7 (28.6–43.6) | 27.1 (20.7–34.6) | 32.9 (26.0–40.7) | 32.9 (25.9–40.7) | 30.9 (24.2–38.7) | 33.9 (26.9–41.8) | 32.1 (25.2–40.0) |
Female | 297 | 41.8 (35.5–48.3) | 29.5 (23.9–35.8) | 32.3 (26.5–38.7) | 36.9 (30.9–43.4) | 33.8 (28.0–40.2) | 37.7 (31.6–44.2) | 33.6 (27.8–40.0) |
Work Status | ||||||||
Full timea | 246 | 38.4 (31.7–45.5) | 27.5 (21.6–34.3) | 32.8 (26.4–39.8) | 34.3 (27.9–41.4) | 31.2 (25.0–38.1) | 34.3 (27.8–41.3) | 33.4 (27.1–40.5) |
Part-time | 84 | 42.6 (30.7–55.4) | 36.1 (24.9–49.0) | 39.2 (27.7–52.1) | 36.1 (25.0–49.0) | 33.5 (22.8–46.2) | 40.6 (28.9–53.4) | 34.5 (23.7–47.2) |
Not working | 170 | 39.0 (31.0–47.7) | 26.8 (19.9–35.0) | 29.6 (22.4–38.1) | 36.1 (28.3–44.7) | 34.2 (26.6–42.8) | 36.8 (29.0–45.5) | 31.7 (24.3–40.2) |
Work at home | ||||||||
Always | 126 | 53.3 (43.3–63.0) | 39.5 (30.2–49.6) | 46.8 (37.1–56.8) | 45.4 (35.7–55.4) | 39.2 (30.0–49.3) | 48.5 (38.7–58.5) | 45.8 (36.0–55.8) |
Sometimes | 77 | 45.0 (32.3–58.3) | 36.7 (25.0–50.2) | 41.6 (29.2–55.1) | 41.2 (28.9–54.8) | 38.9 (26.9–52.3) | 39.1 (27.1–52.6) | 38.1 (26.3–51.4) |
No | 127 | 22.0 (14.9–31.3) | 15.3 (9.5–23.7) | 17.3 (11.1–26.0) | 20.3 (13.4–29.6) | 20.1 (13.2–29.4) | 20.7 (13.8–30.0) | 18.8 (12.2–27.9) |
Education | ||||||||
≤ High school | 170 | 31.9 (24.5–40.3) | 24.0 (17.4–32.0) | 26.7 (19.8–34.9) | 28.8 (21.7–37.1) | 26.2 (19.4–34.4) | 28.4 (21.3–36.7) | 26.8 (19.9–35.0) |
Some college | 156 | 38.5 (30.1–47.7) | 27.6 (20.2–36.4) | 29.6 (21.9–38.5) | 34.7 (26.6–43.8) | 34.3 (26.2–43.4) | 37.1 (28.7–46.3) | 28.5 (21.0–37.4) |
4-year college | 115 | 48.8 (38.2–59.5) | 38.0 (28.2–48.9) | 43.5 (33.2–54.3) | 46.2 (35.8–57.0) | 39.8 (29.8–50.6) | 44.4 (34.1–55.2) | 44.4 (34.1–55.2) |
Post-graduate | 59 | 47.9 (33.7–62.4) | 28.8 (17.9–42.9) | 39.6 (26.6–54.2) | 37.9 (25.1–52.6) | 36.7 (24.3–51.1) | 44.3 (30.5–58.9) | 43.2 (29.6–57.9) |
Urbanicity | ||||||||
Big city | 102 | 56.8 (45.4–67.5) | 46.6 (35.8–57.8) | 50.0 (38.9–61.1) | 52.9 (41.6–63.8) | 45.7 (34.9–56.9) | 49.9 (38.8–61.0) | 44.9 (34.1–56.1) |
Smaller city | 81 | 42.5 (30.5–55.4) | 31.9 (21.2–44.8) | 33.5 (22.7–46.4) | 34.9 (23.7–48.1) | 34.5 (23.4–47.7) | 41.0 (29.1–54.0) | 32.3 (21.7–45.2) |
Suburban | 159 | 37.9 (29.8–46.8) | 23.3 (16.7–31.6) | 30.9 (23.3–39.7) | 35.3 (27.4–44.2) | 32.0 (24.4–40.7) | 33.9 (26.0–42.7) | 33.0 (25.2–41.8) |
Small town | 72 | 20.5 (11.7–33.5) | 17.8 (9.5–30.8) | 18.7 (10.2–31.7) | 16.1 (8.4–28.6) | 17.9 (9.9–30.2) | 19.4 (10.8–32.4) | 17.9 (9.9–30.2) |
Rural area | 85 | 34.3 (23.6–47.0) | 22.8 (14.0–35.0) | 26.2 (16.7–38.5) | 30.9 (20.7–43.5) | 29.5 (19.4–42.0) | 34.3 (23.6–47.0) | 32.6 (22.1–45.2) |
Parents of Youth Ages 11–17 | ||||||||
Child Characteristics | ||||||||
Total | 500 | 45.4 (40.4–50.6) | 34.3 (29.6–39.4) | 32.2 (27.6–37.2) | 38.4 (33.5–43.6) | 37.3 (32.4–42.4) | 41.4 (36.4–46.6) | 36.4 (31.6–41.5) |
Gender | ||||||||
Male | 252 | 43.1 (36.2–50.3) | 33.9 (27.4–41.1) | 32.0 (25.7–39.1) | 37.0 (30.3–44.2) | 36.4 (29.8–43.6) | 39.4 (32.6–46.6) | 37.3 (30.6–44.6) |
Female | 239 | 46.9 (39.4–54.4) | 34.4 (27.5–42.0) | 31.9 (25.3–39.4) | 39.3 (32.1–46.9) | 37.5 (30.5–45.1) | 43.1 (35.8–50.8) | 34.5 (27.7–42.0) |
Non-binary | 5 | 73.0 (12.0–98.2) | 40.7 (2.7–94.4) | 41.2 (2.8–94.5) | 41.2 (2.8–94.5) | 41.2 (2.8–94.5) | 41.2 (2.8–94.5) | 41.2 (2.8–94.5) |
School status | ||||||||
In-person | 96 | 34.1 (23.9–46.0) | 23.5 (14.9–35.0) | 26.2 (17.1–37.9) | 28.9 (19.3–40.7) | 29.5 (19.9–41.3) | 30.5 (20.8–42.4) | 30.4 (20.6–42.3) |
Remote | 251 | 48.1 (40.9–55.4) | 37.2 (30.5–44.6) | 32.9 (26.5–40.1) | 40.0 (33.1–47.3) | 38.4 (31.6–45.7) | 43.3 (36.3–50.7) | 36.5 (29.8–43.7) |
Hybrid | 153 | 47.7 (38.6–57.0) | 36.0 (27.4–45.6) | 34.6 (26.2–44.0) | 41.4 (32.5–50.9) | 40.0 (31.2–49.4) | 44.6 (35.6–54.0) | 39.7 (31.0–49.2) |
Parent Characteristics | ||||||||
Gender | ||||||||
Male | 237 | 52.6 (39.8–55.2) | 40.9 (33.4–48.8) | 37.4 (30.2–45.2) | 42.0 (34.5–49.9) | 42.2 (34.7–50.1) | 47.9 (40.2–55.7) | 40.6 (33.2–48.5) |
Female | 263 | 40.1 (33.6–47.0) | 29.4 (23.5–36.1) | 28.4 (22.5–35.0) | 35.7 (29.4–42.6) | 33.6 (27.4–40.4) | 36.5 (30.2–43.4) | 33.2 (27.1–40.0) |
Work Status | ||||||||
Full timea | 267 | 48.7 (41.8–55.7) | 37.9 (31.3–44.9) | 35.5 (29.1–42.5) | 40.0 (33.3–47.1) | 38.4 (31.8–45.5) | 45.2 (38.4–52.2) | 39.1 (32.5–46.2) |
Part-time | 55 | 41.8 (27.6–57.4) | 28.5 (16.7–44.2) | 29.3 (17.3–45.1) | 36.6 (23.1–52.6) | 31.8 (19.5–47.4) | 36.1 (22.6–52.2) | 30.6 (18.5–46.1) |
Not working | 178 | 41.5 (33.2–50.4) | 30.7 (23.1–39.5) | 28.1 (20.8–36.7) | 36.5 (28.4–45.3) | 37.2 (29.1–46.1) | 37.2 (29.1–46.0) | 34.0 (26.2–42.8) |
Work at home | ||||||||
Always | 114 | 53.9 (43.5–63.9) | 40.0 (30.3–50.5) | 39.8 (30.2–50.3) | 46.4 (36.3–56.8) | 44.3 (34.3–54.7) | 49.8 (39.5–60.1) | 44.2 (34.2–54.7) |
Sometimes | 68 | 54.5 (40.5–67.8) | 42.8 (29.5–57.2) | 40.0 (27.0–54.5) | 43.1 (29.9–57.5) | 37.4 (24.9–52.0) | 49.7 (35.9–63.5) | 39.3 (26.4–53.8) |
No | 140 | 37.5 (28.4–47.6) | 29.1 (20.8–39.1) | 26.2 (18.5–35.8) | 30.7 (22.1–40.8) | 30.6 (22.1–40.7) | 34.5 (25.7–44.6) | 30.5 (22.1–40.5) |
Education | ||||||||
≤ High school | 152 | 45.6 (36.6–54.9) | 36.7 (28.2–46.1) | 35.0 (26.7–44.4) | 40.5 (31.8–50.0) | 39.7 (31.1–49.1) | 41.8 (33.0–51.2) | 36.7 (28.3–46.1) |
Some college | 167 | 45.8 (36.7–55.2) | 34.5 (25.9–44.1) | 26.9 (19.3–36.1) | 39.0 (30.3–48.5) | 36.9 (28.3–46.4) | 40.9 (32.0–50.4) | 37.3 (28.7–46.8) |
4-year college | 109 | 41.1 (31.3–51.7) | 28.0 (19.5–38.5) | 28.4 (20.0–38.7) | 33.5 (24.3–44.2) | 31.8 (22.9–42.3) | 39.4 (29.6–50.0) | 32.7 (23.6–43.3) |
Post-graduate | 72 | 52.2 (38.9–65.2) | 40.0 (27.7–53.6) | 41.8 (29.4–55.3) | 41.2 (28.8–54.8) | 42.2 (29.7–55.8) | 45.0 (32.2–58.4) | 40.6 (28.3–54.2) |
Urbanicity | ||||||||
Big city | 93 | 66.5 (54.5–76.7) | 52.8 (41.1–64.2) | 47.6 (36.2–59.2) | 53.1 (41.4–64.5) | 57.6 (45.8–68.7) | 60.7 (48.8–71.4) | 53.1 (41.4–64.5) |
Smaller city | 78 | 45.6 (32.6–59.2) | 27.7 (16.7–42.3) | 27.3 (16.5–41.6) | 41.8 (29.0–55.7) | 33.8 (21.9–48.1) | 38.9 (32.5–49.5) | 35.4 (23.3–49.7) |
Suburban | 177 | 42.5 (34.2–51.2) | 32.6 (24.9–41.3) | 32.1 (24.5–40.7) | 36.6 (28.6–45.4) | 33.3 (25.7–41.9) | 40.7 (32.5–49.5) | 34.1 (26.4–42.7) |
Small town | 68 | 34.6 (22.8–48.8) | 26.6 (16.1–40.7) | 20.9 (11.7–34.4) | 24.5 (14.4–38.4) | 26.0 (15.6–40.2) | 26.4 (16.0–40.4) | 25.4 (15.3–39.1) |
Rural area | 84 | 34.1 (22.8–47.6) | 27.5 (17.2–40.9) | 27.3 (17.0–40.8) | 32.3 (21.2–45.9) | 33.4 (22.2–46.9) | 33.4 (22.2–46.9) | 30.6 (19.7–44.2) |