Table 2.
Relationship between family circumstance and minutes per day engaged in low-intensity activity
| Family circumstance | young girls | young boys | older girls | older boys | ||||||||||||
| variable | n | mean | β | p-value | n | mean | β | p-value | n | mean | β | p-value | n | mean | β | p-value |
| Parents in the home | 0.14 | 0.92 | 0.09 | 0.05 | ||||||||||||
| Onea | 56 | 354.4 | -- | 54 | 322.6 | -- | 155 | 402.6 | -- | 114 | 409.1 | -- | ||||
| Two | 331 | 319.7 | -33.2 | 327 | 325.6 | 2.1 | 751 | 387.2 | -16.5 | 639 | 387.0 | -25.5 | ||||
| Respondent's marital status | 0.10 b | 0.78 b | 0.11 b | 0.14 b | ||||||||||||
| Married/defactoa | 331 | 320.8 | -- | 327 | 325.3 | -- | 740 | 386.5 | -- | 629 | 387.2 | -- | ||||
| Separated/divorced | 32 | 324.8 | 5.7 | 37 | 334.6 | 8.8 | 128 | 404.2 | 18.9 | 95 | 407.7 | 24.6 | ||||
| Widowed/never married | 23 | 381.2 | 61.0 | 16 | 305.2 | -18.4 | 29 | 405.1 | 19.5 | 25 | 384.5 | -1.3 | ||||
| Siblings | 0.005 | 0.09 | <0.001 | 0.53 | ||||||||||||
| Nonea | 41 | 373.3 | -- | 42 | 361.3 | -- | 96 | 425.5 | -- | 76 | 395.7 | -- | ||||
| One or more | 346 | 319.0 | -54.5 | 339 | 320.7 | -38.1 | 809 | 385.6 | -41.0 | 676 | 389.7 | -8.4 | ||||
| Maternal education | 0.55 b (0.77) | 0.03 b (0.01) | 0.37 b (0.41) | 0.01 b (0.10) | ||||||||||||
| Not completed secondarya | 81 | 318.0 | -- | 85 | 349.5 | -- | 256 | 388.3 | -- | 191 | 406.9 | -- | ||||
| Completed secondary | 149 | 335.3 | 15.8 | 143 | 328.8 | -22.9 | 316 | 384.5 | -5.4 | 294 | 379.8 | -27.9 | ||||
| Tertiary | 149 | 318.1 | -0.4 | 148 | 305.1 | -44.2 | 298 | 393.8 | 4.3 | 247 | 388.1 | -19.9 | ||||
| Paternal education | 0.81 b (0.65) | 0.92 b (0.79) | 0.03 b (0.08) | 0.36 b (0.57) | ||||||||||||
| Not completed secondarya | 77 | 318.3 | -- | 75 | 326.2 | -- | 176 | 385.9 | -- | 141 | 395.8 | -- | ||||
| Completed secondary | 144 | 323.8 | 2.9 | 134 | 328.7 | 0.7 | 334 | 378.5 | -10.9 | 286 | 381.8 | -14.0 | ||||
| Tertiary | 111 | 314.6 | -5.4 | 115 | 322.7 | -4.1 | 243 | 398.2 | 10.3 | 211 | 387.2 | -8.9 | ||||
| Maternal employment | 0.07 b (0.03) | 0.01 b (0.52) | 0.54 b (0.27) | 0.58 b (0.43) | ||||||||||||
| Full-time | 71 | 356.1 | 39.0 | 67 | 347.9 | 4.9 | 255 | 392.7 | 8.1 | 225 | 389.9 | -7.6 | ||||
| Part-time | 150 | 323.7 | 7.1 | 136 | 297.7 | -42.6 | 376 | 388.5 | 5.4 | 288 | 386.0 | -10.3 | ||||
| Not in paid employmenta | 151 | 314.3 | -- | 160 | 340.4 | -- | 218 | 382.5 | -- | 208 | 394.5 | -- | ||||
| Paternal employment | 0.20 b (0.08) | 0.24 b (0.11) | 0.07 b (0.05) | 0.17 b (0.07) | ||||||||||||
| Full-time | 284 | 315.6 | -46.7 | 283 | 321.2 | -112.2 | 644 | 385.5 | -38.3 | 545 | 387.5 | -24.9 | ||||
| Part-time | 15 | 339.9 | -18.2 | 19 | 342.8 | -98.7 | 41 | 382.2 | -41.7 | 32 | 405.8 | -7.9 | ||||
| Not in paid employmenta | 15 | 367.0 | -- | 12 | 430.4 | -- | 37 | 421.5 | -- | 34 | 413.5 | -- | ||||
| Maternal work hours (/day) | 250 | 2.74 | 0.22 | 247 | -0.24 | 0.91 | 408 | 0.37 | 0.82 | 337 | 2.88 | 0.17 | ||||
| Paternal work hours (/day) | 210 | -3.91 | 0.07 | 207 | 0.34 | 0.91 | 361 | -3.29 | 0.19 | 309 | -1.51 | 0.44 | ||||
a referent category; b Wald test within regression analysis, ( ) p-value for linear trend