. 2011 Apr 20;16(3):587–599. doi: 10.1007/s10995-011-0792-y

Table 1.

Child (aged 5 to 15 years) health factors by maternal work status, South Australia

	Full time employed		Part time employed		Economically Inactive
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Overweight or obese
No	96	74.3	265	76.4	124	75.5
Yes	33	25.7	82	23.6	40	24.5
Overall health status
Excellent/Very good/Good	128	98.2	334	97.7	155	94.1
Fair/Poor	2	1.8	8	2.3	10	5.9
Current asthma
No	114	88.0	321	92.7	145	88.1
Yes	16	12.0	25	7.3	20	11.9
Mental health problems
No	112	86.1	316	91.2	141	85.8
Yes	18	13.9	30	8.8	23	14.2
Consuming recommended daily intake of vegetables
Yes	47	35.8	132	38.2	69	42.0
No	83	64.2	214	61.8	95	58.0
Consuming recommended daily intake of fruit
Yes	74	56.7↓	232	66.9	121	73.7↑
No	56	43.3↑	115	33.1	43	26.3↓
French fries, fried potato or crisps consumption^a
One a week or less (inc. never)	66	50.4	200	57.6	93	56.4
More than once a week	64	49.6	146	42.2	71	43.3
Processed meat consumption^a
One a week or less (inc. never)	55	42.0	165	49.5	76	46.0
More than once a week	75	58.0	181	52.4	89	54.0
Fast food consumption^a
Less than once a week (inc. never)	73	56.3	221	63.7	110	67.0
Once a week or more	57	43.7	125	36.1	54	33.0
Water consumed per day^a
Less than 8 glasses	114	87.4	313	90.5	152	92.1
8 glasses or more	16	12.6	30	8.7	12	7.3
Juice consumed per day^a
None	66	51.2	176	50.7	92	55.7
Some	63	48.6	168	48.6	73	44.3
Soft drink consumed per day^a
None	98	75.5	287	82.9	128	77.6
Some	31	24.2	54	15.5	36	21.7
Daily organised sport^a
None	25	19.2	70	20.1	50	30.3↑
Less than 0.5 h	55	42.1	151	43.6	79	47.9
More than 0.5 h	50	38.3	121	34.9	33	19.7↓
Daily reading for pleasure^a
None	34	26.1↑	59	17.1	22	13.6
Less than 0.5 h	60	45.8	176	50.8	72	43.9
More than 0.5 h	37	28.1	106	30.5	70	42.5↑
Daily time spent studying^a
None	13	10.0	37	10.8	22	13.4
Less than 0.5 h	68	52.0	190	54.8	86	51.9
More than 0.5 h	49	38.0	115	33.1	57	34.4
Daily screen based activity^a
None to 0.5 h	14	10.9	43	12.4	16	9.5
0.5 h to 1 h	40	31.0	115	33.1	51	30.9
1 h to 2 h	44	34.2	124	35.7	58	35.2
More than 2 h	31	23.9	65	18.7	39	23.9
Daily time spent sleeping^a
Up to 8 h	44	34.1↑	73	21.0	31	18.8
8 to 9 h	32	24.6	72	20.7	35	21.2
9 to 10 h	28	21.8↓	105	30.3	53	32.5
More than 10 h	25	19.6	92	26.5	45	27.5

^a‘Don’t know’ option not reported

↓↑Statistically significantly higher or lower (P < 0.05) compared to other maternal employment categories combined