Table 1 Descriptive Statistics on Demographics and Health Behaviors Among Preschool-Aged Children in British Columbia, Canada
From: Screen time and developmental health: results from an early childhood study in Canada
| Â | Variables | Total sample N (%) |
|---|---|---|
Explanatory Variables on the CHEQ | Â | |
Screen time | > 1Â h | 1183 (39.7%) |
|  | ≤ 1 h | 1734 (58.1%) |
| Â | Missing | 66 (2.2%) |
Sex | Male | 1558 (52.2%) |
| Â | Female | 1425 (47.8%) |
Ethnicity | European origins | 1602 (53.7%) |
| Â | Non-Euro. originsa | 1048 (35.1%) |
| Â | Missing | 333 (11.2%) |
Annual family income | < $75,000 | 826 (27.7%) |
|  | ≥ $75,000 | 1640 (55.0%) |
| Â | Missing | 517 (17.3%) |
Population Centre | Urban | 1596 (53.5%) |
| Â | Small to medium | 1387 (46.5%) |
Physical activity | Nonparticipant | 526 (17.6%) |
| Â | Participant | 2416 (81.0%) |
| Â | Missing | 41 (1.4%) |
Duration of sleep | < 10Â h | 303 (10.2%) |
|  | ≥ 10 h | 2616 (87.7%) |
| Â | Missing | 64 (2.1%) |
Dependent Variables on the EDI | Â | |
Physical health and wellbeing | Not vulnerable | 2521 (84.5%) |
| Â | Vulnerable | 319 (10.7%) |
| Â | Missing | 143 (4.8%) |
Social competence | Not vulnerable | 2460 (82.5%) |
| Â | Vulnerable | 377 (12.6%) |
| Â | Missing | 146 (4.9%) |
Emotional maturity | Not vulnerable | 2408 (80.7%) |
| Â | Vulnerable | 427 (14.3%) |
| Â | Missing | 148 (5.0%) |
Language and cognitive development | Not vulnerable | 2580 (86.5%) |
| Â | Vulnerable | 244 (8.2%) |
| Â | Missing | 159 (5.3%) |
Communication skills | Not vulnerable | 2544 (85.3%) |
| Â | Vulnerable | 295 (9.9%) |
| Â | Missing | 144 (4.8%) |