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. 2026 Jul 13;14:1898956. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1898956

Table 5.

Hierarchical regression -predictors of weekly PA volume (Model A).

Predictor Step 1 SE Step 2 SE Step 3 SE β
B B B
Age 0.004 0.004 −0.001 0.004 −0.001 0.004 −0.021
Year of study 0.010 0.036 0.009 0.036 −0.001 0.036 −0.001
Study form (Full-time = 1) −0.157 0.103 −0.145 0.103 −0.124 0.102 −0.073
Financial situation 0.000 0.021 −0.001 0.021 −0.016 0.021 −0.033
Mother’s education 0.009 0.038 0.002 0.038 0.000 0.038 0.001
Father’s education −0.007 0.045 −0.016 0.044 −0.016 0.044 −0.026
Work intensity** 0.064** 0.024 0.063** 0.024 0.061* 0.024 0.103
Field: infant and early childhood educator 0.122 0.080 0.140 0.080 0.149 0.080 0.083
Field: social pedagogy 0.071 0.101 0.096 0.101 0.090 0.100 0.043
Field: preschool teacher −0.050 0.083 −0.038 0.083 −0.045 0.084 −0.025
Smoking 0.063 0.070 0.089 0.070 0.047
Alcohol frequency −0.002 0.050 −0.004 0.050 −0.003
Sleep −0.069 0.047 −0.084 0.047 −0.062
Healthy eating attention (Q19) 0.084* 0.042 0.027 0.043 0.030
Daily vegetables 0.051 0.031 0.036 0.031 0.082
Daily fruit −0.004 0.032 −0.010 0.032 −0.020
Fast food −0.074* 0.034 −0.062 0.034 −0.065
Ready meals −0.037 0.024 −0.034 0.024 −0.073
Energy drinks −0.000 0.022 0.008 0.022 0.021
Chronic illness 0.022 0.040 0.039 0.040 0.036
Motivator count −0.017 0.031 −0.018
Barrier count*** −0.069* 0.028 −0.077
PA importance (Q37)*** 0.070*** 0.017 0.143
PE enjoyment -secondary school −0.008 0.012 −0.024
PE enjoyment -university 0.012 0.013 0.034
R 2 0.040 0.065 0.090
ΔR2 0.040 0.025 0.025
Adj R2 0.031 0.048 0.068
F-change 4.44*** 2.89** 5.76***

N = 1,086. Reference category for field of study: Special Education. β = standardized coefficient from final model (Step 3). *p < 0.05. **p < 0.01. ***p < 0.001.