Table 1.
Comparison of ethnicity, parental education, free lunch, transportation, neighborhood PA resources and CSA activity level by home alone categories
| Variable | Time spent home alone after school hours per weekday × days per week | Significance# | |||||
| *0 | 1–2 | 2 or more | |||||
| Ethnicity; % (n) | (n = 615) | (n = 638) | (n = 305) | P < 0.001 | |||
| African American | 21.4 | (132) | 15.0 | (96) | 37.7 | (115) | |
| White | 45.7 | (281) | 51.5 | (329) | 28.8 | (88) | |
| Hispanic | 21.3 | (131) | 22.1 | (141) | 21.3 | (65) | |
| Other | 11.5 | (71) | 11.2 | (72) | 12.1 | (37) | |
| Father's Education; % (n) | (n = 574) | (n = 595) | (n = 287) | P < 0.001 | |||
| <High school | 6.8 | (39) | 6.2 | (37) | 12.9 | (37) | |
| = High school | 13.1 | (75) | 13.3 | (79) | 11.1 | (32) | |
| >High school | 39.7 | (228) | 44.4 | (264) | 31.7 | (91) | |
| Unknown | 40.4 | (232) | 36.1 | (215) | 44.3 | (127) | |
| Mother's Education; % (n) | (n = 574) | (n = 595) | (n = 285) | P = 0.36 | |||
| <High school | 7.1 | (41) | 6.9 | (41) | 8.7 | (25) | |
| = High school | 15.5 | (89) | 14.1 | (84) | 15.8 | (45) | |
| >High school | 44.4 | (255) | 50.8 | (302) | 44.6 | (127) | |
| Unknown | 32.9 | (189) | 28.2 | (168) | 30.9 | (88) | |
| Free Lunch; % (n) | (n = 613) | (n = 631) | (n = 301) | P < 0.001 | |||
| Yes | 40.9 | (251) | 36.9 | (233) | 55.1 | (166) | |
| No | 46.5 | (285) | 49.6 | (313) | 34.9 | (105) | |
| Do not know | 12.6 | (77) | 13.5 | (85) | 9.9 | (30) | |
| Neighborhood Resources mean, (SD) | 0.58 | (0.22) | 0.58 | (0.21) | 0.55 | (0.20) | P = .31 |
| Transportation resources. mean, (SD) | 0.81 | (0.21) | 0.75 | (.20) | 0.72 | (0.22) | P < .0001 |
| Minutes of Moderate-Vigorous Activity Level after School (bell to 6 pm)* mean, (SD) | 7.6 | (6.7) | 8.1 | (7.4) | 8.5 | (7.3) | P = 0.04 |
*Accelerometer data – the week day average number of minutes of MVPA above the 1500 count cut point from bell-6pm.
# Test of significance across the three groups.