Table 3.
Relationship between family circumstance and minutes per day engaged in moderate-to-vigorous-intensity physical 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 | 0.27 | 0.44 | 0.73 | 0.17 | ||||||||||||
| Onea | 59 | 224.1 | -- | 54 | 263.7 | -- | 159 | 119.7 | -- | 121 | 137.4 | -- | ||||
| Two | 335 | 237.2 | 12.6 | 332 | 254.3 | -9.1 | 755 | 118.1 | -1.4 | 643 | 141.3 | 5.3 | ||||
| Respondent's marital status | 0.60 b | 0.52 b | 0.44 b | 0.56 b | ||||||||||||
| Married/defactoa | 334 | 236.8 | -- | 331 | 253.9 | -- | 745 | 117.8 | -- | 632 | 141.2 | -- | ||||
| Separated/divorced | 33 | 230.9 | -6.4 | 37 | 263.8 | 10.1 | 128 | 122.2 | 4.3 | 96 | 138.5 | -4.3 | ||||
| Widowed/never married | 24 | 222.8 | -14.1 | 16 | 263.8 | 9.4 | 29 | 115.4 | -2.6 | 25 | 143.6 | 1.8 | ||||
| Siblings | 0.04 | 0.66 | 0.06 | 0.20 | ||||||||||||
| Nonea | 42 | 216.7 | -- | 42 | 250.9 | -- | 97 | 112.1 | -- | 76 | 136.9 | -- | ||||
| One or more | 350 | 237.6 | 20.9 | 343 | 256.0 | 4.4 | 813 | 119.1 | 7.1 | 680 | 141.2 | 5.3 | ||||
| Maternal education | 0.07 b (0.41) | 0.14 b (0.05) | 0.88 b (0.76) | 0.46 b (0.69) | ||||||||||||
| Not completed secondarya | 83 | 248.7 | -- | 86 | 244.7 | -- | 256 | 117.4 | -- | 192 | 138.2 | -- | ||||
| Completed secondary | 153 | 226.6 | -21.5 | 145 | 256.3 | 12.2 | 317 | 119.1 | 1.8 | 296 | 142.8 | 5.0 | ||||
| Tertiary | 149 | 236.5 | -12.1 | 149 | 262.1 | 17.3 | 302 | 118.5 | 1.2 | 248 | 140.1 | 2.4 | ||||
| Paternal education | 0.23 b (0.13) | 0.84 b (0.76) | 0.13 b (0.52) | 0.50 b (0.65) | ||||||||||||
| Not completed secondarya | 77 | 248.7 | -- | 77 | 258.4 | -- | 176 | 116.9 | -- | 141 | 140.9 | -- | ||||
| Completed secondary | 146 | 235.9 | -11.7 | 136 | 251.7 | -6.2 | 338 | 120.8 | 4.5 | 290 | 143.1 | 2.1 | ||||
| Tertiary | 112 | 232.1 | -15.8 | 116 | 254.8 | -3.4 | 243 | 115.5 | -1.1 | 211 | 139.3 | -1.5 | ||||
| Maternal employment | 0.46 b (0.29) | 0.01 b (0.06) | 0.24 b (0.09) | 0.38 b (0.18) | ||||||||||||
| Full-time | 72 | 232.5 | -7.6 | 67 | 254.7 | 11.2 | 257 | 120.9 | 5.6 | 225 | 142.2 | 5.3 | ||||
| Part-time | 150 | 229.5 | -10.7 | 137 | 267.7 | 23.3 | 379 | 118.7 | 3.3 | 290 | 141.9 | 4.6 | ||||
| Not in paid employmenta | 156 | 241.1 | -- | 163 | 244.5 | -- | 218 | 115.5 | -- | 210 | 138.2 | -- | ||||
| Paternal employment | 0.90 b (0.68) | 0.42 b (0.31) | 0.82 b (0.91) | 0.94 b (0.89) | ||||||||||||
| Full-time | 286 | 238.9 | 2.5 | 287 | 255.9 | 40.2 | 648 | 118.2 | 3.0 | 549 | 140.5 | 1.5 | ||||
| Part-time | 15 | 233.0 | -5.1 | 20 | 261.1 | 47.3 | 41 | 122.4 | 7.2 | 32 | 141.4 | 2.9 | ||||
| Not in paid employmenta | 16 | 234.5 | -- | 12 | 216.6 | -- | 37 | 115.6 | -- | 34 | 138.6 | -- | ||||
| Maternal work hours (/day) | 255 | -0.79 | 0.47 | 250 | 0.36 | 0.71 | 411 | 0.65 | 0.25 | 338 | -0.29 | 0.75 | ||||
| Paternal work hours (/day) | 212 | -0.30 | 0.82 | 210 | -0.86 | 0.59 | 364 | 1.21 | 0.13 | 310 | 0.65 | 0.34 | ||||
a referent category; b Wald test within regression analysis, ( ) p-value for linear trend