TABLE 1.
Relationship of Variables to Maternal TV Viewing Time and Leisure-Time Physical Activity
| TV viewing time (min) † |
<150 min/wk LTPA‡ |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Mean (SD) | F | p | n | % | χ2 | p | |
| Total | 131 | 186.1 (103.1) | - | - | 131 | 36.0 | - | - |
| Race | 0.30 | .58 | 0.42 | .81 | ||||
| Black | 24 | 197.1 (94.0) | 24 | 41.7 | ||||
| White | 93 | 183.6 (109.4) | 92 | 38.0 | ||||
| Other | 4 | 160.71 (119.2) | 4 | 25.0 | ||||
| Age group | 0.59 | .55 | 2.45 | .29 | ||||
| < 30 years | 84 | 194.3 (108.3) | 83 | 33.5 | ||||
| 30 – 39.9 years | 27 | 171.0 (91.9) | 27 | 48.1 | ||||
| 40 years or older | 16 | 177.1 (104.6) | 16 | 43.8 | ||||
| Marital status | 0.17 | .69 | 1.74 | .19 | ||||
| Married/unmarried couple | 54 | 190.4 (84.8) | 53 | 43.4 | ||||
| Single | 75 | 182.8 (116.2) | 75 | 31.0 | ||||
| Work Status | 0.57 | .45 | 3.23 | .07 | ||||
| Full time/part time work | 68 | 180.1 (97.4) | 77 | 29.9 | ||||
| Not Full time/part time work | 49 | 195.1 (118.0) | 53 | 45.3 | ||||
| Maternal weight status | 0.83 | .36 | 2.98 | .08 | ||||
| Obese (BMI ≥ 30) | 43 | 200.2 (86.4) | 42 | 45.2 | ||||
| Non-obese (BMI < 30) | 78 | 182.2 (112.5) | 78 | 29.5 | ||||
| Maternal education | 0.62 | .54 | 3.56 | .17 | ||||
| Less than high school | 27 | 190.9 (96.7) | 26 | 38.5 | ||||
| High school graduated | 49 | 196.4 (122.2) | 49 | 44.9 | ||||
| More than high school | 55 | 174.5 (87.1) | 55 | 27.3 | ||||
| # of children in household | 2.03 | .10 | 451 | 0.21 | ||||
| 1 | 20 | 222.7 (99.4) | 30 | 43.3 | ||||
| 2 | 52 | 181.0 (119.9) | 51 | 35.3 | ||||
| 3 | 28 | 154.1 (75.2) | 28 | 21.4 | ||||
| 4 or more | 21 | 189.2 (83.4) | 21 | 47.6 | ||||
| Maternal LTPA | 9.17 | <.01 | - | - | - | - | ||
| <150 min LTPA/wk | 47 | 221.9 (114.1) | ||||||
| ≥150 min LTPA/wk | 83 | 222.0 (114.1) | - | - | ||||
†
ANOVA was used to compare the difference in TV viewing time as a continuous variable between groups of independent variables.
‡
Chi-square test was used to test the association between LTPA as a dichotomous variable and other categorical variables.
LTPA: leisure-time physical activity.
Single includes divorced, widowed, separated and never married single.