Table 3.
Linear regression models examining factors related to child outside play at age seven (min/day)
| |
Model 1 |
Model 2 |
Model 3 |
Model 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
beta (95%CI) |
beta (95%CI) |
beta (95%CI) |
beta (95%CI) |
| n | 1994 | 1390 | 1968 | 1363 |
|
Socio-demographics |
|
|
|
|
| Child age at baseline |
7.98 (0.88 to 15.09) |
|
|
4.65 (−3.50 to 12.79) |
| Child gender; boy |
8.51 (2.68 to 14.34) |
|
|
6.36 (−0.20 to 12.93) |
| Child BMI |
1.21 (−0.79 to 3.21) |
|
|
1.72 (−0.72 to 4.16) |
| Parental age at baseline |
−0.85 (−1.55 to −0.15) |
|
|
−0.41 (−1.23 to 0.41) |
| Parental education level |
|
|
|
|
| Low |
reference |
|
|
reference |
| Mid-low |
17.59 (−2.34 to 37.52) |
|
|
8.87 (−19.62 to 37.35) |
| Mid-high |
−1.73 (−20.66 to 17.20) |
|
|
−8.25 (−35.67 to 19.17) |
| High |
−19.50 (−38.58 to −0.41) |
|
|
−26.63 (−54.10 to 0.84) |
|
Family environment
1
|
|
|
|
|
| Parental attitude (agree) |
|
−3.80 (−7.97 to 0.37) |
|
−3.97 (−8.08 to 0.15) |
| Family attitude (agree) |
|
−3.22 (−7.57 to 1.13) |
|
−2.87 (−7.19 to 1.45) |
| Perceived difficulty (agree) |
|
−24.44 (−35.81 to −13.06) |
|
−22.11 (−33.41 to −10.81) |
| Habit strength (agree) |
|
25.19 (15.72 to 34.67) |
|
23.99 (14.61 to 33.36) |
| Intention to improve (agree) |
|
−1.12 (−8.84 to 6.60) |
|
−2.88 (−10.57 to 4.81) |
| Presence of rules |
|
21.49 (14.28 to 28.69) |
|
16.46 (9.26 to 23.67) |
| Presence of monitoring |
|
2.97 (−5.83 to 11.78) |
|
5.30 (−3.42 to 14.02) |
| Presence of active encouragement |
|
−10.82 (−19.25 to −2.39) |
|
−8.91 (−17.33 to −0.48) |
| Child autonomy (agree) |
|
5.48 (−3.95 to 14.90) |
|
4.80 (−4.59 to 14.19) |
| Modelling parent (#days physically active) |
|
0.50 (−1.21 to 2.20) |
|
0.45 (−1.24 to 2.15) |
| Modelling partner (#days physically active) |
|
1.49 (−0.07 to 3.05) |
|
1.85 (0.27 to 3.42) |
| Modelling siblings (#days physically active) |
|
1.06 (−1.18 to 3.30) |
|
1.27 (−0.99 to 3.52) |
|
Perceived physical environment
1
|
|
|
|
|
| Safety perception during daytime (agree) |
|
|
−3.57 (−13.24 to 6.10) |
2.88 (−8.03 to 13.79) |
| Safety perception during evenings (agree) |
|
|
8.68 (1.18 to 16.19) |
3.54 (−4.68 to 11.76) |
| Friendliness for children (agree) |
|
|
4.63 (−7.31 to 16.57) |
−5.57 (−18.66 to 7.72) |
| Attractiveness for children (agree) |
|
|
4.88 (−5.89 to 15.64) |
3.21 (−8.62 to 15.05) |
| Safety of outside play without supervision (agree) |
|
|
3.93 (−3.57 to 11.43) |
0.12 (−8.22 to 8.47) |
| R-square2 | 0.10 | 0.15 | 0.06 | 0.20 |
1For details on the measures used see Additional file 1: Table S1.
2R square statistic represents the level of variance explained by the general linear model.
Note: numbers printed bold represent a statistically significant (p < .05) association between the predictor and child outside play at five years old.